01.12.2019 NL law Stibbe represents KLM Experience - We assisted KLM in a law suit filed by 150 air line pilots and former pilots of Martinair. Read more Team: Jaap van Slooten, Winfried van Hemel
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
10.11.2017 NL law Stibbe represents BP Plc in a successful defence against a securities class action Experience - On 7 November 2017, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal decided in favour of BP Plc in a securities class action initiated by the Dutch Association of Shareholders (VEB). Read more Team: Fons Leijten, Jeroen Kortmann, Winfried van Hemel, Olivier Schotel
29.10.2017 NL law Stibbe represents ING Experience - Stibbe represented ING Bank in a major contractual dispute with market maker company Cross Options. In the early 1990s, ING Bank and Cross Options both held shares in the clearing institution Extra Clearing, listed on the Amsterdam Options Exchange. Read more Team: Gertjan Boekraad, Winfried van Hemel, Barber Boekraad, Wouter den Hollander
25.07.2017 NL law Stibbe represents VodafoneZiggo Experience - Stibbe represented VodafoneZiggo in a dispute with Fox Sports concerning the length of the contracts and the level of fees Ziggo has to pay Fox for broadcasting the football channels in the Netherlands. Read more Team: Rein Wesseling, Jeroen Kortmann, Winfried van Hemel, Olivier Schotel
11.03.2016 NL law Stibbe represents the bankruptcy trustee of the originator of a Ponzi scheme Experience - Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustee of the originator of a Ponzi scheme in proceedings against one of the participants to this scheme in order to reclaim profits he received. Read more Team: Toni van Hees, Winfried van Hemel
01.03.2016 NL law Stibbe represents PostNL Experience - Stibbe represented PostNL in a major (class) litigation regarding the abolition of the guilder stamps. Read more Team: Tim de Greve, Winfried van Hemel
14.08.2015 NL law Stibbe represents North Sea Port Netherlands Experience - Stibbe represented North Sea Port Netherlands N.V in Supreme Court proceedings against Glencore AG concerning a right of pledge. Read more Team: Toni van Hees, Winfried van Hemel
12.08.2010 BE law Stibbe advises on the WADA Anti-Doping Code Experience - Representing the Flemish Community, the appellant in proceedings before Belgium’s Supreme court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation), regarding the high-profile issue of professional tennis players’ violation of the WADA rules concerning their whereabouts. Read more Frederik Vandendriessche Partner Brussels
04.05.2010 BE law Stibbe assists Belgium's public export credit agency Experience - Assisting the ONDD (Office national du ducroire - Nationale Delcrederedienst) in arbitral proceedings—and obtaining a favourable ruling for it—regarding insurance claims arising out of the early termination of construction contracts in Dubai. Read more Team: Hans Van Bavel, Peter Wytinck, Elisabeth Baeyens
13.04.2010 BE law Stibbe assists in a liability case before Belgian criminal court Experience - Representing an aviation client before a Belgian criminal court in a liability case relating to the fire in a hangar at the Belgian National Airport. Read more Team: Jérôme Aubertin, Hans Van Bavel, Oliver Stevens, Elisabeth Baeyens
08.06.2009 BE law Stibbe represents a retail company on the validity of the sales period legislation in light of EU law Experience - Representing an upmarket department store company successfully in the highly- publicized proceedings before Belgium’s Supreme court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) on the validity of national sales period legislation in light of EU law. Read more Peter Wytinck Partner Brussels
22.09.2020 NL law Dwaling in de rentederivatenproblematiek: de verhouding tussen mededelingsplicht en waarschuwingsplicht Articles - De Hoge Raad heeft de derivatenproblematiek aangegrepen om meer duidelijkheid te verschaffen over de materiële vereisten voor dwaling en de uitwerking daarvan in de context van financiële dienstverlening. Read more Marnix Wallinga Junior Associate Amsterdam
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
10.04.2019 NL law Damage due to a defective driveway and the Dutch twenty year limitation period: When does limitation start in case of a continuous event that causes damage? Short Reads - On 22 March 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:412) that the strict liability for buildings (opstalaansprakelijkheid) is not linked to a specific damaging act but to a damaging condition, as referred to in section 6:174 DCC. Therefore, there is no reason to regard a damaging act as an 'event that caused damage' as referred to in section 3:310 DCC concerning the limitation period for claims for damages. Read more Bram Berends Junior Associate Amsterdam
15.11.2017 Hof van Cassatie trekt streep door eerste schadevergoeding toegekend door Raad van State Articles - Opdat aan de Raad van State een ontvankelijk verzoek tot schadevergoeding zou kunnen worden gericht, is onder meer vereist dat er een arrest voorligt waarin de Raad van State de onwettigheid van een handeling vaststelt. Het Hof van Cassatie verduidelijkt in een arrest van 15 september 2017 wat moet worden begrepen als een "arrest waarbij de onwettigheid wordt vastgesteld". Een arrest dat de intrekking vaststelt, valt er volgens het Hof niet onder. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Stefanie François
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
27.05.2019 BE law Grondwettelijk Hof spreekt zich uit over de bestaanbaarheid van de schadevergoeding tot herstel bij de Raad van State met het gelijkheidsbeginsel en non-discriminatiebeginsel Articles - Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft geoordeeld dat artikel 11bis RvS-wet de artikelen 10-11 Gw. niet schendt en dat het dus niet onredelijk is dat de verwerende partij bepaalde gevolgen moet dragen van de keuze van de verzoekende partij, om zich tot de Raad van State dan wel de burgerlijke rechter te wenden voor het verkrijgen van een schadevergoeding. Read more Team: David D'Hooghe, Cilia Mathieu
01.02.2018 BE law Indemnité réparatrice : une application déjà restreinte par la Cour de cassation Articles - La Cour de cassation limite la possibilité d’obtenir une indemnité réparatrice devant le Conseil d’État au constat explicite d’une illégalité par un arrêt dans la procédure au fond. Read more Team: Bruno Lombaert, Audry Stévenart
12.04.2017 NL law What does a legal entity know? Short Reads - In civil law many rules rely for their legal effect on the presence of certain knowledge or a certain intention with one of the parties. If the party at hand is a legal entity, like a limited company (besloten vennootschap), it can be difficult to determine what the entity knew. Fragments of information can be present in different parts of the organisation; an officer of the company may have gained his knowledge trough his private life; he may also have a duty of confidentiality. Read more Branda Katan Partner Amsterdam
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
21.05.2019 EU law Part one - GDPR and Public Law: Applicability of GDPR to public bodies Articles - Since the GDPR became applicable almost one year ago, multiple questions have arisen about its interaction with other fields of law. In this three-part blog series of “GDPR and Public Law”, we discuss three relevant issues of the interaction of GDPR with public law and government. In this blog we discuss the applicability of GDPR to public bodies. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen, Niels Tack
01.02.2018 BE law Herstelvergoeding: een toepassing die al beperkt wordt door het Hof van Cassatie Articles - Het Hof van Cassatie beperkt de mogelijkheid om een herstelvergoeding te krijgen voor de Raad van State tot de gevallen waarin er sprake van een expliciete vaststelling van onwettigheid door een arrest in de bodemprocedure. Read more Team: Bruno Lombaert, Audry Stévenart
23.12.2016 NL law Dutch Supreme Court further defines the liability of limited partners in a limited partnership Short Reads - A limited partner in a limited partnership ("commanditaire vennootschap") is prohibited from exerting management authority over the partnership by statute. If a limited partner exerts management authority, this partner could be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the partnership. Read more Wouter den Hollander Senior Associate Amsterdam