Stibbe advises Ballast Nedam and Royal BAM

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.

Experience - Stibbe has represented Vantage Deepwater Drilling Inc. and Vantage Deepwater Company (Vantage) in the enforcement of an arbitral award against Petrobras in the Netherlands. Stibbe worked on this matter in close cooperation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Sidley Austin.

Experience - Stibbe has represented the court-appointed administrators in the bankruptcy of Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in proceedings against the City of Amsterdam, centred on the City’s demand that the administrators investigate whether there were any irregularities prior to the bankruptcy.

Experience - Under the strict sustainability provisions of the Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth 2013 (known as the Energy Agreement), coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands are using an increasing proportion of biomass instead of coal.

Experience - Stibbe is advising insurance and reinsurance group Athora on its acquisition of Vivat N.V. from Anbang and the related sale of Vivat Schadeverzekeringen to NN Group. The acquisition marks a significant step of Athora’s entry into the Dutch life insurance market following acquisitions in Ireland, Belgium and Germany.

Experience - Stibbe advises citizenM hotels and its existing shareholders KRC and APG on an agreement whereby GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 25% stake in citizenM valuing the company at €2 billion