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Experience - Stibbe advises Elementis, a UK listed global specialty chemicals company, on the acquisition of Mondo Minerals Holdings B.V. for an enterprise value of $600 million on a cash and debt free basis. The acquisition will be financed through a rights issue and new debt facilities.

Experience - Stibbe advises A-Lanes A15 Mobility (Strabag, Strukton, Ballast Nedam) with regard to various discussions with Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat, RWS) in connection with the DBFM project A15 Maasvlakte-Vaanplein.

Experience - Succesfully defended Ballast Nedam and Royal BAM in legal proceedings against the Province of Groningen regarding the "Blauwe Stad" (Blue City).

Experience -   Representing the trustees of Indover Bank in a major dispute with Bank Indonesia. Indover Bank was a Dutch merchant bank and a 100% subsidiary of Bank Indonesia, the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia. Indover Bank was declared bankrupt in December 2008. In legal proceedings before the District Court of Amsterdam, the trustees refuse the validation of a claim from Bank Indonesia to the amount of EUR 43 million and have submitted a counterclaim of at least EUR 71 million. According to the trustees, Bank Indonesia breached a guarantee under which Bank Indonesia had obliged itself to enable Indover Bank to meet its obligations.  

Experience -   Stibbe represented the liability insurer Nationale Nederlanden in a dispute between the insured party, a partnership of accountants, and one of its former clients. The client had acquired a group of companies and claimed he had not been properly advised by the partners involved in the acquisition. The matter was subject to litigation but was settled in the fall of 2013.  

Experience - Stibbe advises Amvest in connection with the insolvency of the Heja project development group and the continuation of the development and construction of the “Stadionkwartier” project at Eindhoven, the Netherlands. 

Experience -   Stibbe represented Ballast Nedam and its subsidiaries in a major corporate fraud dispute with a former director and several other parties, including suppliers.  

Experience -   Stibbe acted for Heineken on various matters, including in a bankruptcy of Plassania, a major Dutch catering company that operated tens of pubs and other catering establishments and in summary proceedings against Olm for selling barrels of beer to bars and cafes in the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany, branded as Heineken but actually containing Olm beer.