18.12.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Peugeot S.A. 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. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Eva Das, Manon Cremers, Jeroen Smits, Pieter Schütte, Paul Vestering, Marc Habermehl, IJsbrand van Straten, Lieke Stroeve, Steven Hijink, Ivo Nelissen
06.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Wright Medical Group Experience - Stibbe is advising Wright Medical Group on the offer from Stryker to acquire Wright Medical Group. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Jeroen Smits, Eva Das, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Dennis Mollema, Tom Storck, Claire-Marie Darnand
13.08.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Mitsui, Modec and others 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. Read more Team: Robert Steeg, Rein van Helden, Jeroen Smits, Charlotte van Weert
31.07.2019 NL law Stibbe advises EssilorLuxottica on the acquisition of Grandvision Experience - Stibbe is advising EssilorLuxottica S.A. on the acquisition of a 76.7% stake in Grandvision N.V. from HAL Holding N.V., which will be followed by a mandatory offer for all shares in the company, resulting in a total transaction value of more than EUR 7 billion. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Rein van Helden, Jeroen Smits, Pieter Schütte, Paul Vestering, Derk Lemstra, Robert Steeg, Lotte Hover-Boon
11.06.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Athora 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. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Rogier Raas, Dirk de Graeff, Samuel Gray, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Allard Metzelaar, Paul Vestering, Rein van Helden, Manon Cremers, Eline Holtman, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Roderik Vrolijk, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Floris ten Have
05.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner Experience - Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner on the acquisition of an approximate 33% interest in HHR Euro C.V. from their joint venture partner Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jeroen Smits, Dirk de Graeff, Rik van Kessel, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Eline Holtman, Lotte Hover-Boon, Floris ten Have, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dries Hommez, Gérald Origer, Michaël Meylan, Sabrina Lai Cheong
22.11.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Intertrust on notes offering and new facilities agreement Experience - Stibbe advised Intertrust on a EUR 500 million notes offering and a new facilities agreement. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Rein van Helden, Jeroen Smits, Robert Steeg, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Lotte Hover-Boon
10.09.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the equity offering of ProQR Experience - Stibbe advised the joint bookrunners Citigroup, Evercore ISI and RBC Capital Markets and the co-managers on the $104.1 million equity offering of ProQR Therapeutics N.V. ("ProQR"). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Lotte Hover-Boon, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
28.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Grab Experience - Stibbe advised Grab on the Dutch law aspects of the acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia operations. Read more Team: Eva Das, Judica Krikke, Jeroen Smits, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Roderik Vrolijk
05.02.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Bugaboo Experience - Stibbe advised Bugaboo and its management on the acquisition of Bugaboo by Bain Capital Private Equity. Read more Team: Fons Leijten, Jeroen Smits, Robert-Jan Dekkers, Lotte Hover-Boon
21.05.2020 NL law Stibbe 'Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year'. Inside Stibbe - The International Tax Review has chosen our Amsterdam Tax team as 'Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year'. This is Stibbe's fourth recognition in recent years, after receiving this distinguished title in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Emile Bongers, Johan Vrolijk, Cees Graafland, Lotte Hover-Boon, Rogier van der Struijk, Raymond Roumen, Joost Eyck, Charlotte Tolman, Edsart van Wulfften Palthe, David de Groot, Stephanie Kleefstra, Ashley Peeters, Juliëtte de Jong, Thijs van Vliet, Mieke Lavreysen, Tirza Cramwinckel
19.03.2020 NL law Additional Dutch tax measures to provide relief for economic impact corona crisis Short Reads - Further to the measures already announced on 12 March 2020, the Dutch government earlier this week announced additional extraordinary measures (both tax and non-tax related) to mitigate the economic impact of the corona crisis. Below we will summarize some of these temporary measures. Read more Team: Jeroen Smits, Michael Molenaars, Maarten de Bruin, Reinout de Boer, Emile Bongers, Joost Eyck
20.05.2020 NL law Perpetual securities not considered equity for Dutch corporate income tax purposes Short Reads - In a decision of Friday 15 May 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed that fixed-to-floating rate perpetual equity securities (“perpetual securities”) should not be considered a “participation loan” (deelnemerschapslening) for Dutch tax purposes. Under Dutch tax law, characterization of a debt instrument as a “participation loan” implies that such instrument is deemed equity for Dutch corporate income tax purposes. Characterization of the perpetual securities as a participation loan would have meant that the interest would have been regarded non-deductible dividend. Read more Team: Reinout de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Maarten de Bruin, Emile Bongers, Charlotte Tolman
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
18.04.2020 EU law Report of advisory committee on taxation of multinationals in the Netherlands Short Reads - On 5 June 2019, the Dutch Lower House of Parliament adopted a motion that called on the Government to initiate and set up a committee of experts (‘the Committee’) with the purpose to investigate measures that would make the taxation of profits of multinationals fairer, while the Netherlands would remain attractive for Dutch head offices. Last Wednesday (15 April 2020), the Dutch State Secretary of Finance sent the report of the Committee to the Dutch Lower House of Parliament. Read more Team: Reinout de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Maarten de Bruin, Emile Bongers, Charlotte Tolman
17.03.2020 NL law Dutch tax measures to provide relief for economic impact corona crisis Short Reads - On 12 March, the Government sent a letter to the lower house of the Dutch parliament setting out a number of measures to mitigate the economic impact of the corona crisis, including a number of tax measures. Below we will provide you with a concise overview of these tax measures. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Jeroen Smits, Reinout de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Emile Bongers, Joost Eyck