11.06.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Athora Experience - Stibbe is advising insurance and reinsurance group Athora on its acquisition of Vivat N.V. from Anbang and the related sale of Vivat Schadeverzekeringen to NN Group. The acquisition marks a significant step of Athora’s entry into the Dutch life insurance market following acquisitions in Ireland, Belgium and Germany. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Rogier Raas, Dirk de Graeff, Samuel Gray, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Allard Metzelaar, Paul Vestering, Rein van Helden, Sam Dykes, Manon Cremers, Eline Holtman, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Roderik Vrolijk, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Floris ten Have
29.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises ABN AMRO Experience - Stibbe advises ABN AMRO on the sale of a majority stake in Stater to Infosys. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Joe Mathis, Manon Cremers, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Rein Wesseling, Jeroen Kortmann, Judica Krikke, Jan Peeters, Elisabeth Matthys, Boris Cammelbeeck, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Roderik Vrolijk, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Charlotte van Weert, Suzanne van Boheemen, Jasper Klopper, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Jan Proesmans
28.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises citizenM and its existing shareholders KRC and APG Experience - Stibbe advises citizenM hotels and its existing shareholders KRC and APG on an agreement whereby GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 25% stake in citizenM valuing the company at €2 billion Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Robert-Jan Dekkers, Bart Stevens, Nora Offergelt, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Rein Wesseling, Maarten de Bruin, Boris Cammelbeeck, Erik Verweij, Iris Hendriksen, Manon Cremers, Charlotte van Weert, Dennis Mollema, Eline Holtman, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Jaap van Slooten, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Christien Saris
06.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises SurveyMonkey Experience - Stibbe advises SurveyMonkey on the acquisition of Usabilla for an amount of approximately $80 million. Read more Team: Eva Das, Hans Witteveen, Reinout de Boer, Christine Plagmeijer, Joost Eyck, Sebastiaan Witkam, Ea Visser, Janneke Müller
26.02.2019 NL law Stibbe advises KKR Experience - Stibbe advises KKR on the acquisition of Exact Software from Apax Partners Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Duco de Boer, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Judica Krikke, Rik van Kessel, Roderik Vrolijk, Ea Visser, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Jasper Klopper, Johanne Boelhouwer, Charlotte van Weert, Dries Hommez, Jan Proesmans
02.01.2019 NL law Stibbe advises TRUMPF Experience - Stibbe advises TRUMPF, a leading high-technology company, on the acquisition of the Photonics business from Philips. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Judica Krikke, Willem Beek, Jasper Klopper, Reinout de Boer, Duco de Boer, Johanne Boelhouwer, Christien Saris
21.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Experience - Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Sebastiaan Witkam, Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema, Reinout de Boer, Emile Bongers, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Rogier Raas, Roderik Vrolijk, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Daan Doorenbos
12.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Abry Partners and KORE Experience - Stibbe advised Abry Partners, a private equity fund, and its portfolio-company KORE, the independent global IoT leader, on the acquisition of ASPIDER-NGI, a leading provider of advanced connectivity, core network, and eSIM solutions. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Lotte Hover-Boon, Emile Bongers, Christien Saris, Charlotte van Weert, Johanne Boelhouwer, Ea Visser, Iris Hendriksen, Judica Krikke
05.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner Experience - Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner on the acquisition of an approximate 33% interest in HHR Euro C.V. from their joint venture partner Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jeroen Smits, Dirk de Graeff, Rik van Kessel, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Eline Holtman, Lotte Hover-Boon, Floris ten Have, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dries Hommez, Gérald Origer, Michaël Meylan, Sabrina Lai Cheong
28.11.2018 NL law Stibbe advises MTS Systems Corporation Experience - Stibbe advised MTS Systems Corporation ("MTS"), listed on NASDAQ and a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, on the USD 80 million acquisition of E2M Technologies B.V. ("ETM"). Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Reinout de Boer, Jasper Klopper, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Vincent van Kampen, Boris Cammelbeeck, Rogier van der Struijk, Suzanne van Boheemen
04.10.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Tata Communications on the acquisition of Teleena Experience - Stibbe advises Tata Communications, a leading global digital infrastructure provider, on the acquisition of Teleena, a Netherlands-based Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity specialist and mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE). Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Charlotte van Weert, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan Truijens Martinez, Christien Saris, Judica Krikke, Nora Offergelt, Lotte Hover-Boon, Ea Visser, Boris Cammelbeeck
20.07.2018 Stibbe advises Ammeraal Beltech Experience - Stibbe advised Ammeraal Beltech, a global leader in light-weight process and conveyor belting, on the acquisition of conveyor belt specialist Optiband BV. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Lotte Hover-Boon, Eline Holtman, Boris Cammelbeeck, Ea Visser
21.11.2019 EU law Roundtable on smart contracts and its legal challenges Roundtable - On the 21 November 2019, in our Brussels office, our TMT departement organizes a round table on smart contracts and its legal challenges. Can smart contracts truly live up to the expectations? Which challenges will we be facing while drafting and implementing smart contracts? Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
30.10.2019 NL law Blockchain and the law - Regulation for smart contracts on the way? Short Reads - The Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security (WODC) has recently published the report "Blockchain and the law". Read more Maartje Herweijer Junior Associate Amsterdam
18.10.2019 BE law Stibbe continues to support law incubator project IusStart in new academic year Inside Stibbe - For the sixth year now, Stibbe is participating in the IusStart initiative of KU Leuven. Through this initiative, final-year law students, academic coaches and lawyers support promising tech start-ups in their legal obstacles in the field of general commercial law and IP and IT law. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
27.09.2019 NL law Stibbe is attending the IBA's annual conference in Seoul Conference - The annual conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) is currently taking place in Seoul. There are fourteen partners from Stibbe attending the event. Several of them have speaking slots on a wide range of legal topics and will take part in various panel discussions. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Wouter Ghijsels, Pieter Schütte, Jan Bogaert, Erik Valgaeren, Michael Molenaars, Astrid Helstone, Rein Wesseling, Hans Witteveen, Rony Vermeersch, Branda Katan, Jeroen Kortmann, Rein van Helden
08.11.2019 EU law Erik Valgaeren is session chair during IBA's 6th Biennial Technology Law Conference in Berlin Speaking slot - Stibbe's TMT partner, Erik Valgaeren, chairs a session discussing the new legal challenges, created by the most recent technological developments in the field of software, data, online services and telecom, including 5G, pricing algorithms, platforms and data monetization. This session will take place on the 8th of November 2019 in Berlin. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
24.10.2019 BE law Virtual Currency Regulation Law Review - Belgian chapter Articles - The second edition of the Virtual Currency Regulation Law Review is intended to provide a practical, business-focused analysis of recent legal and regulatory changes and developments, and of their effects, and to look forward at expected trends in the area of virtual currencies on a country-by-country basis. Read more Louis Bidaine Junior Associate Brussels
15.10.2019 BE law Erik Valgaeren is a keynote speaker at the Data Driven Business Summit. Conference - On 15 October, Erik Valgaeren is a keynote speaker at the Data Driven Business Summit in Brussels. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
03.09.2019 BE law Entrée en vigueur du volet "permis" de la réforme du CoBAT. Quoi de neuf pour les projets mixtes? Articles - Le volet de l’ordonnance du 30 novembre 2017 réformant le CoBAT et l’ordonnance relative au permis d’environnement concernant les permis d’urbanisme, de lotir et d’environnement est entré en vigueur ce 1er septembre. C’est l’occasion de faire le point sur les nouvelles dispositions applicables aux « projets mixtes ». Read more Team: France Maussion, Olivier Di Giacomo, Renaud Smal
08.11.2019 BE law Interview with Wouter Ghijsels on Next Gen lawyers Articles - Stibbe’s managing partner Wouter Ghijsels shares his insights on the next generation of lawyers and the future of the legal profession at the occasion of the Leaders Meeting Paris where Belgian business leaders, politicians and inspiring people from the cultural and academic world will discuss this year's central theme "The Next Gen". Read more Wouter Ghijsels Managing Partner Brussels
24.10.2019 BE law Stibbe hosts a seminar on the act of 4th of April 19 on abuse of economic dependence Seminar - On October 24th, VBO/FEB's Secretary General Philippe Lambrecht and Stibbe Brussels' Peter Wytinck, Paul Van der Putten, Erik Valgaeren and Sarah De Wulf hosted a lunch seminar aimed at clarifying the scope, interpretation and implications for businesses of the ground-breaking (but still enigmatic) law of 4 April 2019 on the abuse of economic dependence and unfair terms and practices in B2B relationships. Read more Team: Paul Van der Putten, Erik Valgaeren, Peter Wytinck, Sarah De Wulf
03.10.2019 BE law Seminar: Recent developments in Insurance Law Seminar - Join us for a seminar on recent developments in Insurance Law on 3 October, 2019 at our Brussels office from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Oliver Stevens, Sophie Bourgois, Jan Proesmans, Glenn Heirman
28.08.2019 NL law De nieuwe coördinatieregeling in de Awb: wetsvoorstel ingediend! Short Reads - Ruim een jaar na het sluiten van de internetconsultatie heeft de minister van Rechtsbescherming op 10 juli jl. het wetsvoorstel dat onder meer een algemene coördinatieregeling mogelijk maakt ingediend. In een eerder blogbericht is al ingegaan op de consultatieversie van dit wetsvoorstel en zijn daarmee de hoofdlijnen van de voorgestelde coördinatieregeling besproken. Wij grijpen de indiening van het wetsvoorstel aan om de ingekomen reacties op de internetconsultatie te bespreken alsmede de wijzigingen waartoe deze reacties hebben geleid. Read more Team: Tijn Kortmann, Lisanne van Boven