18.10.2021 NL law Stibbe advises EssilorLuxottica Experience - Stibbe advises EssilorLuxottica on its mandatory public offer on the remaining shares in GrandVision. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Fons Leijten, Marc Habermehl, Lotte Hover-Boon, Marjolein Coppes, Casper Driever, Thijs van Vliet, Freya Trouw
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, Reinout de Boer, 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
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
28.12.2021 NL law Recente arresten over de informatiebeschikking en de inlichtingenplicht: verbetering van de rechtsbescherming? Articles - Met regelmaat verschijnt nieuwe rechtspraak over de informatiebeschikking van art. 52a AWR. Deze regeling roept na de inwerkingtreding in 2011 nog steeds vragen op, waardoor vele kwesties voor de Hoge Raad zijn gekomen. Tirza Cramwinckel en Mieke Lavreysen houden in het Tijdschrift voor Formeel Belastingrecht de ontwikkelingen rondom deze regeling tegen het licht. Read more Team: Tirza Cramwinckel, Mieke Lavreysen
22.11.2021 NL law The New Dutch Conditional Withholding Tax And Hybrid Entities Articles - Charlotte Tolman and Michael Molenaars explain the Netherlands’ conditional withholding tax regime, which applies to interest and royalty payments to low-tax jurisdictions and aims to curtail profit shifting, and its implications for hybrid entities. Read more Team: Charlotte Tolman, Michael Molenaars
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
24.12.2021 EU law EU Commission presents proposals for directives against shell entities and ensuring a global minimum level of taxation Short Reads - On 22 December 2021 the European Commission (hereinafter: ‘EC’) presented two legislative proposals for EU directives, one to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate and one to target EU shell entities. The key aspects of both proposals are discussed below. Read more Team: Reinout de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Maarten de Bruin, Jeroen Smits, Johan Léonard, Maurits van Dijk, Pierrick Romancant
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, 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, 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
01.12.2021 NL law Webinar 'Tax news for Private Equity and Venture Capital firms' Seminar - The NVP and Stibbe are organising the webinar 'Tax news for Private Equity and Venture Capital firms' on Thursday 2 December from 4 pm to 5.15 pm. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Reinout de Boer, Maurits van Dijk, Juliëtte de Jong
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