01.12.2020 BE law Stibbe advises Qrf Experience - Stibbe assisted listed regulated real estate company Qrf with the acquisition of the State Archives Bruges through the acquisition of 100% of the shares in RAB Invest NV from Leasinvest Real Estate Comm. VA., for the amount of EUR 20,6 million. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Wim Panis, Nathanaelle Kiekens, Matthias Maselis, Liselot Claeys, Ann Apers, David Verbeke, Julie De Meester
13.08.2019 NL law Stibbe advises ADNOC Experience - Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries, including amongst others the Netherlands and Belgium, with 60 million barrels of capacity. Vitol and the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund will both own a 45% interest in VTTI. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Pascal Vanden Borre, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan van Oosten, Muriël Rosing, Li Wee Toh, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Ea Visser, Anna Collignon, Jan Proesmans, Annelies Van Huffel, Reinout de Boer, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Jan Bouckaert
21.06.2019 NL law Stibbe advises the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Experience - Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on its newly established global nitrogen fertilizer business joint venture with OCI NV (to be held 42% and 58% respectively) with a combined annual revenue of USD 1.74 billion. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Reinout de Boer, Janneke Müller, IJsbrand van Straten, Roderik Vrolijk, Ea Visser
15.12.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Wright Medical on the acquisition of IMASCAP Experience - Stibbe advises Wright Medical a Dutch medical device company on the USD 88.8m acquisition of IMASCAP SAS, a French medical software firm. Read more Team: Jeroen Smits, Fons Leijten, Dennis Mollema
20.11.2017 Stibbe advises Blackstone Experience - Stibbe advised Blackstone on the USD 1.3 billion joint venture with Celanese. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, IJsbrand van Straten, Lotte Hover-Boon
12.07.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. Experience - Stibbe advises Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. - the Singapore-based provider of semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly solutions - on the acquisition of a 100% equity stake of privately held Netherlands based Liteq BV. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Paul Vestering, Jeroen Smits, Johan Vrolijk, Ea Visser, Floris ten Have
06.06.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Blackstone Experience - Stibbe has advised Blackstone on its sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam to Anbang. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, IJsbrand van Straten, Nora Offergelt, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Christien Saris
29.05.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Q-Park Experience - Stibbe advises Q-Park on the irrevocable and unconditional offer from KKR Infrastructure to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of Q-Park for an enterprise value of €2.95 billion. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Jeroen Smits, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Job van Hooff, Boris Cammelbeeck, Anna Collignon, Rein van Helden, Robert Steeg, Dries Hommez, Elisabeth Matthys, Frederik Vandendriessche, Rudy Nauwelaerts, Jan Proesmans
23.01.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Synopsys Experience - Stibbe advises Synopsys, Inc., a Nasdaq listed technology company, in its acquisition of certain assets of Forcheck b.v., a privately held software company based in the Netherlands that provides a static analysis tool for detecting coding defects and anomalies in Fortran applications. Read more Team: Eva Das, Johan Vrolijk
16.12.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Expedia on the IPO of trivago Experience - Expedia is one of the world’s leading travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes some of the world’s most trusted online travel brands, including trivago. trivago is a global hotel search platform, in which Expedia holds 65.6% of the shares. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Michael Molenaars, Paul Vestering, IJsbrand van Straten, Barbara Bier, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel
12.10.2016 Stibbe advised the co-controlling shareholders of AB Inbev on the acquisition of SABMiller. Experience - Stibbe advised the Brazilian co-controlling shareholders of AB Inbev on the acquisition of SABMiller, the structuring, the control and governance of the new company ABI and the merger of SAB Miller into the new company ABI. Read more Team: Marc Fyon, Michael Molenaars, Rein van Helden, Julien Bogaerts, Reinout de Boer, Pieter Nobels, Giovanni Smet
27.09.2016 Stibbe advises Office Depot Experience - Sibbe advises Office Depot on the sale of its European business to The AURELIUS Group. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Jeroen Smits, Johan Vrolijk, Matthijs Kuijpers, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Dennis Mollema, Daisy Nijkamp
09.09.2021 NL law Stibbe ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year 2021’ Inside Stibbe - For the fifth time, Stibbe has been named ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year’ by International Tax Review. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Maarten de Bruin, Reinout de Boer, Ashley Peeters, Charlotte Tolman, David de Groot, Edsart van Wulfften Palthe, Johan Vrolijk, Juliëtte de Jong, Lotte Hover-Boon, Maurits van Dijk, Mieke Lavreysen, Rogier van der Struijk, Stephanie Kleefstra, Thijs van Vliet, Tirza Cramwinckel, Wouter van den Goorbergh, Michiel Siemssen, Linde Respen
28.05.2021 BE law Jaarverslag 2020 Dienst Voorafgaande Beslissingen in Fiscale Zaken Short Reads - Het Jaarverslag 2020 van de Dienst Voorafgaande Beslissingen in Fiscale Zaken is gepubliceerd. Ons team fiscaal recht vat in deze short read enkele belangrijke elementen uit het verslag voor u samen. Read more Team: Wim Panis, Henk Verstraete, Giovanni Smet, Lizelotte De Maeyer, Marie Baes, Elien Van Malder, Esther Everaert, David Verbeke, Julie Smets, Dylan Vrijens, Allison Bray
30.03.2021 NL law Dutch conditional withholding tax on dividends Short Reads - A legislative proposal regarding a conditional withholding tax on dividends (if adopted: effective as of 1 January 2024) (Wetsvoorstel bronbelasting dividenden) was submitted to Dutch parliament on Thursday 25 March 2021. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Charlotte Tolman
21.12.2020 EU law Johan Léonard was interviewed by Paperjam Tax & Legal on the application of DAC6 Articles - Stibbe's Luxembourg tax partner Johan Léonard was amongst the few experts selected by Luxembourg's leading business publication Paperjam to discuss the implications of the DAC6 Directive in Luxembourg and throughout Europe. Read more Johan Léonard Partner Luxembourg
23.08.2021 NL law Proposed Amendments to the Dutch Tax Treatment of Stock Option Plans Articles - Recent efforts by the Dutch government to amend the tax treatment of stock option plans are examined by Charlotte Tolman and Michael Molenaars in this article in Tax Notes International. The proposed changes are welcome, but might not solve all liquidity concerns. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Charlotte Tolman
03.05.2021 NL law Combating Non-Arm’s-Length Transfer Pricing in the Netherlands Articles - Charlotte Tolman and Michael Molenaars will contribute periodically to Tax Notes International magazine. In their first article 'In Step With Stibbe' dated 29 March 2021, they discuss a topic which is highly relevant for Dutch corporate taxpayers involved in international intragroup transactions. Read more Team: Charlotte Tolman, Michael Molenaars
09.03.2021 NL law Consultation on ATAD 2 (reverse hybrids) and amendment arm’s-length principle in the Netherlands Short Reads - As noted in our earlier Tax Alerts (see our Tax Alerts of March 2017 and July 2019), the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 2 ("ATAD 2") provides for minimum standards to neutralize hybrid mismatches and came into effect in the Netherlands as of 1 January 2020. However, as an exception, the rule that targets so-called “reverse-hybrid” mismatches will become effective only as of 1 January 2022. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Charlotte Tolman
18.11.2020 NL law Dutch Supreme Court: non-resident investment fund eligible for refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax Short Reads - On 23 October 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that a non-resident UCITS fund is eligible for a refund of Dutch dividend withholding tax with respect to its investments in the Netherlands if strict criteria are met. Read more Team: Reinout de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Maarten de Bruin, Stephanie Kleefstra, Wouter van den Goorbergh
29.07.2021 NL law Tackling Reverse-Hybrid and Entity Classification Mismatches In the Netherlands Articles - This article, published in Tax Notes International, examines two recent Dutch proposals, which could have an immediate impact on Dutch and non-Dutch corporate taxpayers and existing national or international structures. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Charlotte Tolman
30.03.2021 NL law Stibbe tax team contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Tax 2021 Articles - A tax team of Stibbe has contributed the Dutch chapter of Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Tax 2021. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Rogier van der Struijk
05.01.2021 LU law Stibbe Luxembourg tax team writes on the taxation of cross-border workers Articles - Johan Leonard and Roberto de Castro Mendonça authored the article titled "Taxation of Luxembourg cross-border workforce during the pandemic". The article is featured in the latest issue of the professional periodical "ACE". Read more Johan Léonard Partner Luxembourg
29.09.2020 NL law Tax Alert: Public consultation additional source taxation on dividends to low tax jurisdictions Short Reads - On 25 September 2020, the under minister of Finance released a draft legislative proposal open for public consultation until 23 October 2020. The draft legislative proposal includes a source taxation on profit distributions by Dutch companies to shareholders in low tax jurisdictions. It is proposed to enter into force as per 1 January 2024. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Charlotte Tolman