Jeroen Smits

Experience - Stibbe advises Azerion, a high-growth, profitable, digital entertainment and media company, on its business combination with European FinTech IPO Company 1 B.V. (EFIC1), a SPAC listed on Euronext Amsterdam, pursuant to which Azerion will become a public company with an initial enterprise value of €1.3 billion.

Experience - The combination of Odyssey Acquisition S.A. (Odyssey), a Euronext Amsterdam-listed special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on European healthcare and TMT growth companies, and BenevolentAI, a leading clinical-stage AI drug discovery company, represents the largest European SPAC merger announced to date and one of the largest Euronext Amsterdam biotech listings ever.

Experience - Stibbe advises EssilorLuxottica on its mandatory public offer on the remaining shares in GrandVision.

Experience - Stibbe advised Credit Suisse as the Sole Global Coordinator on the IPO of EFIC 1, a SPAC focusing on the fintech sector, on Euronext Amsterdam.

Experience - Stibbe acts as lead counsel to InPost on its IPO and listing on Euronext Amsterdam.

Experience - Stibbe advised TCV on leading a EUR 90 million Series B funding round for Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe.

Experience - Stibbe assisted Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest and fastest growing fitness chain, in its placement of 5,333,333 new ordinary shares through an accelerated bookbuild offering.

Experience - A Stibbe team led by Björn van der Klip has advised Peugeot S.A., alongside Bredin Prat and Cravath Swaine & Moore, on its USD 50 billion 50/50 cross-border merger with FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. creating the world’s fourth largest global automotive OEM and third largest by revenue with annual sales of 8.7 million units and combined revenues of nearly EUR 170bn.

Experience - Stibbe is advising Wright Medical Group on the offer from Stryker to acquire Wright Medical Group. 

Experience - Stibbe advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Modec, Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation as sponsors on the offering of US$ 1,100,000,000 senior secured notes by MV24 Capital B.V.