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: Emile Bongers, Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Pascal Vanden Borre, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan van Oosten, Muriël Rosing, Li Wee Toh, Roderik Vrolijk, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Ea Visser, Anna Collignon, Cedric Degreef, 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: Emile Bongers, 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, Emile Bongers, 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, Emile Bongers, IJsbrand van Straten, Nora Offergelt, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Christien Saris
29.05.2017 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: Allard Metzelaar, 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, Ivo Nelissen, 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, Emile Bongers, 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, Ivo Nelissen, Daisy Nijkamp
19.09.2016 NL law Stibbe advises ISDC Beheer B.V. on the sale of ISDC Holding B.V. to Endava Experience - Stibbe advises ISDC Beheer B.V. on the sale of Integrated Development Corporation Holding (ISDC Holding) B.V., a software engineering company in which private equity firm Synergia Capital Partners holds a majority interest, to Endava. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Judica Krikke, Christof Swaak, Reinout de Boer
08.04.2020 BE law Financial difficulties due to the coronavirus: what about taxes? Short Reads - In the context of the coronavirus the Belgian tax authorities have issued aid measures concerning taxation with the aim of supporting enterprises and natural persons facing financial difficulties. In this short read, we provide you with an overview of these measures. Read more Team: Wim Panis, Julie Smets
24.03.2020 LU law DAC 6 introduced under Luxembourg law Articles - On 21 March 2020, the Luxembourg Parliament voted to approve the law implementing the Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 (commonly known as DAC 6, the “Directive”) which introduces disclosure obligations for intermediaries and taxpayers of certain reportable cross-border arrangements (the “Law”). Read more Team: Johan Léonard, Christophe Martin-Raynaud
18.03.2020 EU law Stibbe: COVID-19 Short Reads - In view of the developments concerning the coronavirus, we hereby inform you of our business operations and the measures we take to ensure the continuity of our services to you. Read more Team: David Orobio de Castro, Wouter Ghijsels, Manon Cremers, Matthijs Kuijpers, Rony Vermeersch, Peter Wytinck, Sophie Van Besien, Egbert Vroom, Pieter Schütte, Stefan Odeurs, Judica Krikke, Karlijn van den Heuvel, Erik Valgaeren, Jaap van Slooten, Elisabeth Matthys, Frederik Vandendriessche, Job van Hooff, Oliver Stevens, Tom Barkhuysen, David D'Hooghe, Bruno Lombaert, Ingmar de Groot, Matthias Maselis, Jeroen Smits, Wim Panis
29.01.2020 NL law Staatsfondsen uit de Golfregio gehinderd in een snel veranderende fiscale wereld Articles - Emile Bongers schreef een artikel waarin hij een aantal fiscale aspecten beschrijft waar staatsfondsen in de praktijk tegenaan lopen bij transacties en investeringen in Nederland. In zijn artikel beperkt hij zich tot staatsfondsen gevestigd in de Golfregio, namelijk Bahrein, Koeweit, Oman, Qatar, Saoedi-Arabië en de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (de VAE). Dergelijke fondsen investeren jaarlijks, meestal op vertrouwelijke wijze, substantiële bedragen in de Nederlandse economie variërend van infrastructuur- en vastgoedprojecten tot (duurzame) energieprojecten. Read more Emile Bongers Counsel Dubai
03.04.2020 LU law Bill of law on interest and royalties paid to non-cooperative jurisdictions Short Reads - The Luxembourg Government proposes to introduce the non-deductibility of interest and royalties expenses of a Luxembourg taxpayer towards collective entities located in a blacklisted jurisdiction. This provision would be added through the amendment of article 168 of the Luxembourg Income Tax Law (LITL) through a bill of law that was introduced by the Government on 30 March. Read more Team: Johan Léonard, Roberto de Castro Mendonça
19.03.2020 LU law Luxembourg tax measures relieving companies and self-employed individuals impact Short Reads - The Luxembourg Government has announced a series of measures aiming at providing tax relief for companies and self-employed individuals in order to address the adverse economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Read more Johan Léonard Partner Luxembourg
28.02.2020 NL law Dutch chapter to Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Tax 2020 Articles - A tax team of Stibbe has contributed the Dutch chapter of Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Tax 2020. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Rogier van der Struijk
03.01.2020 NL law Fiscale maatregelen tegen klimaatverandering Articles - De wereldwijde toegenomen CO2-uitstoot baart veel mensen zorgen, gezien de hoeveelheid (media)aandacht die de klimaatverandering tegenwoordig krijgt. Men is het erover eens dat er een wereldwijde aanpak zal moeten komen om de klimaatverandering tegen te gaan. Het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs is een eerste stap in de goede richting en als het aan de Europese Commissie ligt, heeft Europa in 2050 een klimaat neutrale economie. Uit de overige bijdragen van deze Klimaatspecial blijkt tevens dat Nederland niet stilzit en verschillende maatregelen treft om de CO2-uitstoot te reduceren. Read more Team: Charlotte Tolman, Reinout de Boer
27.03.2020 LU law Draft bill of law regarding certain payments to non-cooperative jurisdictions Short Reads - On 25 March 2020, the Government of Luxembourg issued a press release[1] on a draft bill of law introducing certain measures in relation to interest or royalties paid or due to related entities established in a country or territory listed under the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes[2]. Read more Team: Johan Léonard, Roberto de Castro Mendonça
19.03.2020 BE law What are the tax consequences of the coronavirus with regard to telework? Short Reads - The impact of the coronavirus is strongly felt in tax matters. The Ruling Commission has set up an accelerated procedure for the ruling requests concerning the lump sum expense allowances with regard to telework. Read more Team: Wim Panis, Laura Lasat, Julie Smets
29.01.2020 NL law 2020: Het jaar van het multilateraal instrument? - Column Fondsnieuws Short Reads - Het multilateraal instrument (MLI) is een van de belangrijkste fiscale ontwikkelingen van het moment. In een column voor Fondsnieuws bespreekt David de Groot de (potentiële) gevolgen die het MLI voor beleggingsfondsen kan hebben. Read more David de Groot Associate Amsterdam
10.12.2019 NL law David Orobio de Castro, Michael Molenaars and Job van Hooff new board Stibbe in Amsterdam Inside Stibbe - As of 1 January 2020, David Orobio de Castro, Michael Molenaars and Job van Hooff will form the new board of Stibbe in Amsterdam. David Orobio de Castro has been on the board of Stibbe since 2016 and succeeds Derk Lemstra as managing partner. After a period of six years on the board, Derk will once again fully focus on advising clients in the field of corporate law. Read more Team: David Orobio de Castro, Michael Molenaars, Job van Hooff