Matters

Advising Hoogheemraadschap Delfland, the contracting authority, on the DBFMO contracting of a large Waste Water Treatment Plant and associated network in the Netherlands.

Stibbe assisted an international insurance company in class action proceedings before the criminal courts regarding the sale of life insurance investment products and their unraveling due to the financial downturn.

Representing RWE Dea (wax) in antitrust damage litigation in the District Court, following on from the European Commission’s finding of an antitrust infringement in the wax sector.

Stibbe advised a leading European real estate investor and developer on the tax structuring of a new football stadium site that has a hotel complex and office and residential space.

Stibbe assisted Kinepolis in the negotiation of a contracting framework with most major Hollywood film studios underpinning Kinepolis’s deployment of the next generation digital cinema projection systems.

Advising APG Investments on the Euro 2.7 billion acquisition of the real estate company Steen & Strøm ASA from Canica AS, in a joint venture with Klepierre SA.

Stibbe assisted the Brazilian shareholders of InBev with the financing of their participation in the capital increase to fund its EUR 32.7 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch to create Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewery.

Advising Martinair Holland with regard to the investigation by the European Commission into the air cargo sector.

Stibbe assisted South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group with its acquisition of Chocolaterie Guylian.

Stibbe assisted Dutch real estate developer PROWINKO with the realisation of a large project on the Toison d’Or block in Brussels.

Stibbe represented Artesia Bank Nederland in the Lernout & Hauspie case before the Court of Appeal in Ghent regarding the possible confiscation of shares worth EUR 30 million. We also assisted Dexia Bank in the L&H case before Belgium's Supreme Court.