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, 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, 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, Job van Hooff, Boris Cammelbeeck, Anna Collignon, Rein van Helden, 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
07.06.2022 NL law Update on Dutch rules on the classification of Dutch and foreign legal entities Short Reads - On 3 June 2022, the Dutch State Secretary of Finance presented the Fiscal Policy and Implementation Agenda for the coming years. In the agenda, he sets out the ambitions in the area of taxation and their implementation by the Tax Authorities. Read more Maurits van Dijk Senior Associate Amsterdam
11.04.2022 NL law Netherlands Chapter in The Corporate Tax 2022 guide Short Reads - Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer and Rogier van der Struijk contributed to The Corporate Tax 2022 guide in a chapter about the Netherland Read more Team: Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Rogier van der Struijk
01.02.2022 NL law Netherlands considers an exit levy proposal in response to corporate relocations Articles - Charlotte Tolman and Michael Molenaars review Dutch efforts to enact a dividend withholding tax exit levy on corporations relocating from the Netherlands and examine how the most recent amendments affect the exit levy proposal. Read more Team: Charlotte Tolman, Michael Molenaars
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
23.05.2022 NL law Dutch Spring Memorandum, EU’s DEBRA Proposal and the 2021 Annual Report Advance Tax Rulings Short Reads - On Friday 20 May 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2022 Spring Memorandum (Voorjaarsnota), including various proposed amendments that are relevant to international businesses, On 11 May 2022. the EU Commission issued a draft directive proposing a debt-equity bias reduction allowance, or DEBRA. On 19 May 2022, the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2021 Annual Report on Advance Tax Rulings of an international nature. In this Tax Alert, we will provide you with the key aspects of these three items. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maurits van Dijk
01.04.2022 NL law De administratieplicht en de informatiebeschikking: verbetering van de rechtsbescherming in recente arresten? Short Reads - Tirza Cramwinckel en Mieke Lavreysen schreven voor het Tijdschrift voor formeel belastingrecht een bijdrage over ‘De administratieplicht en de informatiebeschikking: verbetering van de rechtsbescherming in recente arresten?’. Read more Team: Tirza Cramwinckel, Mieke Lavreysen
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
04.05.2022 NL law The Unshell directive and its impact on Dutch holding structures Articles - Charlotte Tolman and Michael Molenaars examine the European Commission's proposed Unshell directive, which targets the misuse of shell companies, and its potential impact on Dutch holding structures. Read more Team: Charlotte Tolman, Michael Molenaars
24.03.2022 NL law Private Equity in the Netherlands: Tax Update 2022 Short Reads - In today’s rapidly changing tax environment, it is important to be aware of all relevant tax developments. In the past months, several new tax rules have been implemented or announced. Please see below an overview of certain tax amendments that may be relevant when investing in the Netherlands. Read more Team: Reinout de Boer, Jeroen Smits, Maarten de Bruin, Charlotte Tolman, Stephanie Kleefstra
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