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Corporate and M&A specialist

Private Equity specialist

Experience - Stibbe advises SAP consulting firm itelligence on the acquisition of Goldfish ICT.

Experience - Stibbe advises Gimv on its acquisition of a majority stake in the newly merged group Itho Daalderop and Klimaatgarant. This is one of Gimv's larger investments in the Netherlands.  

Experience - Stibbe advises NN Group on the sale of its wholly owned private equity management company, Parcom Capital Management, to its directors.

Experience - Stibbe advises Sonepar on the acquisition of the Van Egmond Group. Sonepar is a company with global market leadership in B-to-B distribution of electrical products and related services.

Experience - Stibbe advises Reed Elsevier on the sale of 17 B2B community publications to B+B Vakmedianet

Experience - Advising Van den Ende & Deitmers Crossmedia Fund as selling shareholder in the acquisition of Eyeworks by  Warner Bros. The acquisition is still subject to antitrust clearance. Eyeworks produces television programs for over 100 different channels and employs more than 1,500 people.

Experience - Advising the Supervisory Board of Ziggo on a recommended public share exchange and cash offer by Liberty Global - and on other aspects of the transaction - to acquire the stake it doesn't hold in Ziggo.

Experience - Advising a group of investors led by Joh. A. Benckiser on its bid for all outstanding shares of D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 N.V. The offer values 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 at approximately €7.4 billion. We advised on the corporate, financing, IP, notarial, employment and fiscal aspects of the transaction. 

Experience - Advising private equity investor Silver Lake on the EUR 1 billion acquisition of Global Blue.

Experience - Advising Eredivisie Media & Marketing, a joint venture between Eredivisie CV, Endemol and KNVB, on the acquisition of a majority interest by Fox International Channels.