10.07.2019 NL law Stibbe represents the bankruptcy trustees of Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in dispute with the City of Amsterdam Experience - Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of the Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in proceedings against the City of Amsterdam, centred on the City’s demand that the bankruptcy trustees investigate whether there were any irregularities prior to the bankruptcy. Read more Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Job van Hooff, Wouter den Hollander, Marleen Jonckers
28.06.2019 NL law Stibbe represents bankruptcy trustrees Indover Bank Experience - Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of the Dutch merchant bank, Indover Bank, in a major dispute with Bank Indonesia. Indover Bank was a 100% subsidiary of Bank Indonesia and was declared bankrupt in 2008. Read more Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Branda Katan, Winfried van Hemel, Wouter den Hollander
05.02.2018 BE law Stibbe advises Proximus on a broad variety of matters Experience - We advise Proximus, a listed company and longstanding client, on a broad variety of matters, including innovative partnerships, regulatory compliance, M&A and finance projects, and dispute resolution. Read more Bruno Lombaert Partner Brussels
31.12.2016 NL law Stibbe represents Supervisory Board members of FC Twente Experience - Stibbe represented members of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch professional football club FC Twente when the club faced financial difficulties in 2016. Read more Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Tim de Greve, Wouter den Hollander, Daphne Rijkers, Monique van der Linden
19.08.2015 NL law Stibbe advises Egeria Experience - Stibbe advises Egeria and its subsidiary company RCPT Beheer B.V., on the acquisition of Imtech Traffic & Infra. With approval of the trustees of Royal Imtech N.V. the banks have sold the shares in the division Imtech Traffic & Infra – excluding the Belgian activities which are part of this division. The sale of the division Imtech Traffic & Infra is part of the earlier announced bankruptcy of Royal Imtech N.V. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Ingmar de Groot, Paul Vestering, Erik Verweij
18.08.2015 NL law Stibbe represents CEO of Royal Brinkers group of companies Experience - Stibbe represented the director and sole shareholder of the Royal Brinkers group of companies in a insolvency litigation matter. In 2010, the majority of entities within the Royal Brinkers group went bankrupt as a result of changed market conditions. Read more Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Job van Hooff, Branda Katan, Niels Didden
01.10.2010 NL law Stibbe represents Heineken Experience - Stibbe represents Heineken as a major creditor in the bankruptcy of the catering company Plassania. Read more Team: Tim de Greve, Gertjan Boekraad, Cas Michiels
16.01.2020 NL law Wetgever, koester het burgerlijk procesrecht Articles - Civiele procedures worden waarschijnlijk niet sneller en eenvoudiger met het Conceptwetsvoorstel modernisering en vereenvoudiging bewijsrecht en de Tijdelijke Experimentenwet rechtspleging. De wetsvoorstellen gaan uit van onjuiste veronderstellingen over het verloop van civielrechtelijke procedures en overspannen verwachtingen van de rol van de civiele rechter als alvermogende geschilbeslechter. Read more Team: Simon Boersen, Wouter den Hollander
09.01.2020 BE law Stibbe nomme trois Counsels et un Of Counsel Inside Stibbe - Bruxelles, le 9 janvier 2020 – Le bureau bruxellois de Stibbe a nommé Delphine Gillet (droit européen et de la concurrence), Jan Proesmans (droit social et des pensions) et Sophie Bourgois (droit des litiges) en tant que Counsels. Elisabeth Baeyens (droit des litiges) est, quant à elle, nommée Of Counsel. Les nouvelles nominations ont pris effet le 1er janvier 2020. Read more Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans, Sophie Bourgois, Elisabeth Baeyens
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
04.06.2019 NL law Dutch Supreme Court clarifies evidentiary rules concerning signatures and signed documents Short Reads - In two recent decisions, the Dutch Supreme Court has clarified the evidentiary power of signed documents. If the signatory unambiguously denies that the signature on the document is his or hers or claims that another party has tampered with the signature (for instance, through forgery or copying a signature from one document and pasting it in another), it is up to the party invoking the signed document to prove the signature's authenticity (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:572). Read more Wouter den Hollander Associate Amsterdam
09.01.2020 BE law Stibbe announces new Counsel and Of Counsel appointments Inside Stibbe - Brussels, 9 January 2020 – The Brussels office of Stibbe has promoted Delphine Gillet (EU/Competition), Jan Proesmans (Employment, Benefits, and Pensions) and Sophie Bourgois (Dispute Resolution) to Counsel and Elisabeth Baeyens (Dispute Resolution) to Of Counsel. The new appointments have taken effect on 1 January 2020. Read more Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans, Sophie Bourgois, Elisabeth Baeyens
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
09.08.2019 NL law Verifieerbare vorderingen, de stand van zaken na Credit Suisse/Jongepier q.q. Articles - De afgelopen jaren heeft de Hoge Raad verschillende arresten gewezen over de invloed van het faillissement op wederkerige overeenkomsten, het fixatiebeginsel en de kwalificatie van vorderingen als boedelvordering, verifieerbare vordering of nietverifieerbare vordering. In het arrest van 23 maart 2018 (hierna: Credit Suisse/Jongepier q.q.) verduidelijkt de Hoge Raad ter beantwoording van enkele prejudiciële vragen wanneer vorderingen die voortvloeien uit een ten tijde van het faillissement reeds bestaande rechtsverhouding voor verificatie in aanmerking komen. Read more Team: Daisy Nijkamp, Marleen Jonckers
21.05.2019 BE law The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2019 - Belgian chapter Articles - This Guide covers common issues in corporate recovery and insolvency - including issues that arise when a company is in financial difficulties, insolvency procedures, cross-border issues - in 30 jurisdictions. Pieter Wouters and Paul Van der Putten of Stibbe Brussels' Litigation department contributed to the Belgian chapter of the ICLG. Read more Team: Pieter Wouters, Paul Van der Putten
09.01.2020 BE law Stibbe benoemt nieuwe Counsels en Of Counsel Inside Stibbe - Brussel, 9 januari 2020 – Het Brusselse kantoor van Stibbe benoemt Delphine Gillet (EU-recht en mededingingsrecht), Jan Proesmans (arbeids- en pensioenrecht) en Sophie Bourgois (geschillenbeslechting) tot Counsel en Elisabeth Baeyens (geschillenbeslechting) tot Of Counsel. De nieuwe benoemingen gaan in vanaf 1 januari 2020. Read more Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Delphine Gillet, Jan Proesmans, Sophie Bourgois, Elisabeth Baeyens
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
05.08.2019 NL law KEI pilot ends: reset of digital litigation at Dutch courts, and new procedural rules Short Reads - On 1 October 2019, legislation will enter into force ending the KEI pilot scheme for digital litigation at the courts of Gelderland and Central Netherlands (Midden-Nederland). However, certain new procedural rules, which were part of the digitalisation pilot, will remain in force and will apply to all Dutch courts. Read more Team: Mathilde Vijverberg, Chantal Blokker-Schipper
04.04.2019 NL law European Court of Justice: actio pauliana is covered by jurisdiction rule of forum of contract. A judgment with foreseeable consequences? Short Reads - Imagine that a debtor voluntarily concludes a transaction with a third party where he knows (or should know) that it hinders the creditor's possibilities of collecting the debt. In civil law countries, a creditor can invoke the nullification of that legal act by means of a so-called actio pauliana. This raises the question of which court has jurisdiction in the case of an international dispute, regarding an actio pauliana, that is instituted by a creditor against a third party? Read more Cas Michiels Junior Associate Amsterdam