25.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Eneco Experience - Stibbe is advising Eneco on the sale of all shares in Eneco to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for a total equity value of EUR 4.1 billion. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Nora Offergelt, Wouter Hofstee, Tess Hendriks, Omar El Gachi, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Maurits Schmitz, Paul Vestering, Tom Barkhuysen, Reinout de Boer, Rein Wesseling, Manon Cremers, Ali al Khatib, Li Wee Toh, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Iris Hendriksen, Johanne Boelhouwer, Ea Visser, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Rogier van der Struijk, Martin In de Braekt, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dennis Mollema, Anna Collignon, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Marc Spuijbroek, Rein van Helden
01.07.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Excess Materials Exchange (EME) Experience - Excess Materials Exchange (EME), a digital facilitated marketplace B2B platform for excess materials trade. We advised on matters with regard to setting up the articles of association and legal structure, employment law, data protection and advise EME on the legal position of the definition of “waste”. Read more Team: Valérie van 't Lam, Roos Bruijnsteen, Marie-Elise Heijboer, Marc Spuijbroek, Karlijn van den Heuvel, Jasper Klopper, Anne Merks
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, 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, 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
07.04.2020 NL law Impact van de coronacrisis op ICT-overeenkomsten Short Reads - De uitbraak van het coronavirus heeft gevolgen voor de gang van zaken binnen iedere organisatie. Mogelijk ook op uw contracten met leveranciers of juist afnemers van ICT. Het onderstaande overzicht bevat aandachtspunten voor het bepalen van uw positie ten aanzien van een aantal veelvoorkomende onderwerpen in ICT-overeenkomsten. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Marc Spuijbroek, Lizanne van der Hoeven, Djoe Kuils
06.02.2020 BE law Supreme Court approves criminal liability of suspect refusing to unlock his smartphone Articles - In a groundbreaking judgment, the Belgian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) states that the investigating judge may order a suspect to provide the access code of his mobile phone. Hans Van Bavel and Charlotte Conings, our specialists in criminal law, shed a light on the judgment. Read more Team: Hans Van Bavel, Charlotte Conings
23.12.2019 NL law TenderNed en Klic-viewer: innoveren met overheidsinformatie kan een riskante onderneming zijn Short Reads - Aanbieders van online-diensten en applicaties kunnen niet altijd rekenen op bescherming van hun marktpositie op basis van de staatssteun- en mededingingsregels. Dit blijkt uit een onlangs gewezen uitspraak van de hoogste Unierechter. Ook het College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven ("CBb") liet zich in 2019 niet onbetuigd. Read more Team: Ali al Khatib, Ramses Walon
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
18.03.2020 EU law Stibbe: COVID-19 Short Reads - In view of the developments concerning the coronavirus, we hereby inform you of our business operations and the measures we take to ensure the continuity of our services to you. Read more Team: David Orobio de Castro, Wouter Ghijsels, Manon Cremers, Matthijs Kuijpers, Rony Vermeersch, Peter Wytinck, Sophie Van Besien, Egbert Vroom, Pieter Schütte, Stefan Odeurs, Judica Krikke, Karlijn van den Heuvel, Erik Valgaeren, Jaap van Slooten, Elisabeth Matthys, Frederik Vandendriessche, Job van Hooff, Oliver Stevens, Tom Barkhuysen, David D'Hooghe, Bruno Lombaert, Ingmar de Groot, Matthias Maselis, Jeroen Smits, Wim Panis
16.01.2020 BE law 24 January 2020: Carol Evrard participates in a panel session on Global Compliance at the CPDP conference in Brussels Speaking slot - Stibbe is a long standing partner of the International Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP) which takes place in Brussels between 22 and 24 January 2020 This year's theme is “Data protection and Artificial intelligence”. Carol Evrard, associate in our TMT team, participates in a panel organised by TrustArc (a privacy compliance technology company based in San Francisco, California) on "Changing Technology and Laws: Can Accountability be a Key to Global Compliance?" Read more Team: Carol Evrard, Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
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
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
26.02.2020 BE law 18 March 2020: Erik Valgaeren sheds a light on the legal perspectives of industrial data during a Beltug conference Speaking slot - In this era of digitisation, data is often called the 'new gold' or 'oil'. In our aim to gain more insights that will lead us to higher revenue, new market opportunities or new regions, we are analysing data at full throttle. But it needs to be handled with care, using a data architecture that follows your general strategy while ensuring solid security, quality, etc. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen, Cyril Fischer
08.01.2020 BE law New deal for online deals - EU consumer protection adapted to the digital era Articles - As part of the New Deal for Consumers, aimed to strengthen EU consumer protection in light of the digital era, a new Directive 2019/2161 of 27 November 2019 has been adopted. The Directive contains modernised rules in view of digital market developments such as the rise in online platforms. Read more Team: Carolien Michielsen, Michèle de Clerck
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 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