293 results Getting the Deal Through - Debt Capital Markets Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk contributed the Dutch chapter on the law and practice of Debt Capital Markets in the multi-jurisdictional publication by to Getting the Deal Through/Lexology. Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity. The Netherlands Implements EU Non-Performing Loan Directive The Dutch Implementation Act on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers entered into force on 18 July 2025. It implements EU Directive 2021/2167 regulating NPL sale, purchase and servicing to create a transparent secondary market. Developments in the enforcement of share pledges under Dutch law Since the implementation of the Dutch scheme of arrangement on 1 January 2021, a relatively new tool to restructure debts of Dutch corporate entities in order to prevent their insolvency is available in the Netherlands. Paulianarisico bij financieringen aan noodlijdende ondernemingen – ontwikkelingen op Europees niveau Tijdens het Stibbe Annual Debt Finance seminar dat in februari 2023 op het Stibbe kantoor in Amsterdam werd gehouden, werd onder andere gesproken over de tegenwind op de financiële markten en de gevolgen daarvan voor financieringstransacties. Dutch Supreme Court answers questions on setoff before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments The authors discuss a recent judgment by the Dutch Supreme Court that extends the right of setoff for banks before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments. Key Insights Masterclass Portfoliobedrijf in crisis Op donderdag 25 september 2025 organiseerde de NVP in samenwerking met Stibbe de masterclass 'Portfoliobedrijf in crisis: de rol van de investeerder' met aansluitend een netwerkborrel voor NVP-leden. Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts. Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country. Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers. The EU Green Bond Standard In the blog below, Jeroen van Eck of our Financial Markets team looks back on, and ahead to, the developments surrounding green bonds in the EU. Stibbe advises on A24 Blankenburg DBFM/PPP project Stibbe advised the lenders, consisting of a mix of bank lenders and the EIB, in the largest PFI transaction in recent years, providing finance to BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding B.V. Stibbe advises VEENIX consortium Stibbe has advised the VEENIX consortium on on the tender, contracting and reaching financial close in the PPP Project A9 Badhoevedorp-Holendrecht in 2019. Package of new anti-money laundering rules adopted by European Council On 30 of May 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Package (the AML Package). The AML Package will have consequences for market parties. Cross-border corporate lending into the Netherlands Cross-border corporate lending is set for change as CRD VI introduces new licensing obligations, requiring non-EU lenders to reassess their activities in the Netherlands and the EU for all in scope contracts signed on or after 11 July 2026. The new EU securitisation landscape The EU is proposing major reforms to its securitisation framework that will reshape how financial institutions approach the market, including an overhaul of the EU Securitisation Regulation and permanent relief for SFTs under banking rules. Stibbe advised on the transformative restructuring of the Frigoglass Group Stibbe advised Frigoglass on the consensual recapitalisation and financial restructuring of Frigoglass S.A.I.C. and the group of companies formerly controlled by it (the “Frigoglass Group”). Stibbe advises creditors of the Keter Group on its debt extension transaction Stibbe has advised a group of senior lenders to the Keter Group on the successful completion of a transaction that includes maturity extensions of the Group’s senior and holdco PIK facilities. Pagination Previous page Page 14 Page 15 Current page 16 Page 17 Next page
Getting the Deal Through - Debt Capital Markets Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk contributed the Dutch chapter on the law and practice of Debt Capital Markets in the multi-jurisdictional publication by to Getting the Deal Through/Lexology.
Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity.
The Netherlands Implements EU Non-Performing Loan Directive The Dutch Implementation Act on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers entered into force on 18 July 2025. It implements EU Directive 2021/2167 regulating NPL sale, purchase and servicing to create a transparent secondary market.
Developments in the enforcement of share pledges under Dutch law Since the implementation of the Dutch scheme of arrangement on 1 January 2021, a relatively new tool to restructure debts of Dutch corporate entities in order to prevent their insolvency is available in the Netherlands.
Paulianarisico bij financieringen aan noodlijdende ondernemingen – ontwikkelingen op Europees niveau Tijdens het Stibbe Annual Debt Finance seminar dat in februari 2023 op het Stibbe kantoor in Amsterdam werd gehouden, werd onder andere gesproken over de tegenwind op de financiële markten en de gevolgen daarvan voor financieringstransacties.
Dutch Supreme Court answers questions on setoff before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments The authors discuss a recent judgment by the Dutch Supreme Court that extends the right of setoff for banks before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments.
Key Insights Masterclass Portfoliobedrijf in crisis Op donderdag 25 september 2025 organiseerde de NVP in samenwerking met Stibbe de masterclass 'Portfoliobedrijf in crisis: de rol van de investeerder' met aansluitend een netwerkborrel voor NVP-leden.
Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts.
Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country.
Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers.
The EU Green Bond Standard In the blog below, Jeroen van Eck of our Financial Markets team looks back on, and ahead to, the developments surrounding green bonds in the EU.
Stibbe advises on A24 Blankenburg DBFM/PPP project Stibbe advised the lenders, consisting of a mix of bank lenders and the EIB, in the largest PFI transaction in recent years, providing finance to BAAK Blankenburg-Verbinding B.V.
Stibbe advises VEENIX consortium Stibbe has advised the VEENIX consortium on on the tender, contracting and reaching financial close in the PPP Project A9 Badhoevedorp-Holendrecht in 2019.
Package of new anti-money laundering rules adopted by European Council On 30 of May 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Package (the AML Package). The AML Package will have consequences for market parties.
Cross-border corporate lending into the Netherlands Cross-border corporate lending is set for change as CRD VI introduces new licensing obligations, requiring non-EU lenders to reassess their activities in the Netherlands and the EU for all in scope contracts signed on or after 11 July 2026.
The new EU securitisation landscape The EU is proposing major reforms to its securitisation framework that will reshape how financial institutions approach the market, including an overhaul of the EU Securitisation Regulation and permanent relief for SFTs under banking rules.
Stibbe advised on the transformative restructuring of the Frigoglass Group Stibbe advised Frigoglass on the consensual recapitalisation and financial restructuring of Frigoglass S.A.I.C. and the group of companies formerly controlled by it (the “Frigoglass Group”).
Stibbe advises creditors of the Keter Group on its debt extension transaction Stibbe has advised a group of senior lenders to the Keter Group on the successful completion of a transaction that includes maturity extensions of the Group’s senior and holdco PIK facilities.