PPP, PFI and DBFM(O)

Experience - The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management officially opened the first lanes of the Gaasperdammertunnel on the A9 in Amsterdam-Zuidoost on 5 July. The Gaasperdammertunnel forms part of the PPP SAA A9 Gaasperdammerweg roads project.

Experience - On 18 February 2020, the contract for the design, construction, finance and maintenance of the Dendermonde Prison project in Belgium has reached Financial Close successfully. The Belgian Buildings Agency (Regie der Gebouwen / Régie des Bâtiments) awarded BAM PPP b.v. the contract for the provision of a prison in Dendermonde, which will house 444 inmates.

Experience - Assisting SOFICO, the Walloon Region’s financing company, in one of Wallonia’s most innovative and ambitious PPP projects.

Experience - Assisting the Walloon Transport Operator (OTW) on the creation of a brand new tramway network (11.7 km) including the construction of 21 stations and a new depot and the acquisition of trams in Liège, Wallonia. Proud to be part of the first major PPP project ever closed in Wallonia.

Experience - Stibbe has advised the lenders providing finance to BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding B.V., a consortium consisting of Ballast Nedam, DEME and Macquarie Capital, on reaching financial close in the A24 Blankenburg connection project. The Blankenburg  connection is a key infrastructure project in the Netherlands, improving the roads and accessibility around the Port of Rotterdam and the wider Rotterdam region.

Experience - Stibbe successfully assisted the Brussels Capital Region (represented by Minister Pascal Smet) in the PPP renovation of the Leopold II Tunnel (2.5 km), Belgium’s longest underpass, which has 65,000 road users daily. 

Experience - Stibbe successfully acted as counsel to Iret Develoment in its tendering procedure, development, and negotiations of the more than EUR 100 million public–private partnership (PPP) project, which is the new police headquarters building in Antwerp (Post X site) and is based on a DBFM contract.

Experience - Stibbe advised the consortium 3Angle B.V., comprising of Heijmans Capital (a joint venture of Heijmans and 3i Infrastructure), 3i Infrastructure and Fluor Infrastructure, in connection with all legal aspects of the PPP A27/A1 road project. 

Experience - Stibbe advises the Water Board (Hoogheemraadschap) of Delfland in connection with all the legal aspects of the refinancing of the PPP/DBFMO project Harnasch Polder Waste Water Treatment Plant. 

Experience - Stibbe advises Heijmans and Facilicom in connection with their joint venture for the Design, Build, Maintenance and Operation of the New Amsterdam Courthouse PPP project.

Experience - Stibbe assists the Belgian prime contractors Democo and Willemen in the course of the negotiations regarding the design, build and finance of the new headquarters of the Ostend police.

Experience - Stibbe advises Ballast Nedam with regard to the restructuring of the A15 MAVA and Ondertunneling A2. Stibbe activities includes amending joint venture agreements, construction contracts etc. The A2 project is based on the UAV-gc. The A15 transaction entails a project finance structure on DBFM basis.