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Highest Dutch court: the postman may still ring twice?

The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy was wrong to unblock the ACM’s prohibited merger between postal operators PostNL and Sandd on grounds of public interest.

Stibbe advises Aegon

Advising Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan in their role as underwriters of the Dutch aspects of the equity issue in an accelerated bookbuild offering by AEGON N.V.

Stibbe represents major insurance company

Stibbe represented a major insurance company in its defence before the Brussels Court against a group of claimants who purchased life insurance schemes linked to Traded Endowment Funds.

Stibbe represents Swiss Life

Stibbe represented Swiss Life before the criminal courts of Antwerp in a case in which it is charged with issuing "Tak 23" investment products that are financed by means of an allegedly illegal system of mortgage loans.

Stibbe advises ING

Advising ING Groep on its EUR 7.5 billion rights offering.

Stibbe vs. justitie: uitputtingsslag om het verschoningsrecht

Een uitgebreid artikel in het Het Financieele Dagblad van afgelopen zaterdag over de zaak die Tim de Greve namens vier Stibbe advocaten voert tegen het Openbaar Ministerie en de Fiod, waarbij het verschoningsrecht, een grondbeginsel van de advocatuur, in

Toezichthouders aan de poort

Het kan iedere financiële onderneming overkomen: in de bus vindt men een verzoek om informatie te verstrekken aan een van de financiële toezichthouders, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) of de Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM).

Wet implementatie Prospectusverordening in werking getreden

Op 21 juli 2019 zijn de Wet implementatie prospectusverordening en het bijbehorende Besluit en de Regeling in werking getreden. Deze nieuwe regeling strekt tot implementatie van de Prospectusverordening (Verordening (EU) 2017/1129).

Voorontwerp Wet uitbreiding meldplichten aandeelhouders

Recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van corporate governance, waaronder de inwerkingtreding van de Herziene Aandeelhoudersrechtenrichtlijn, onderstrepen het belang van langetermijnwaardecreatie.

ESMA publishes report on licencing of fintech firms across europe

On 12 July, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a report on the status of licencing regimes of FinTech firms across the European Union ("EU").

Consultation to extend shareholder notification obligations

Stibbe has taken part in the public consultation concerning the draft Act on the extension of substantial holding notification obligations, which was commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Finance.

Dutch government publishes plans to combat money laundering

The Dutch Minister of Finance and Minister for Justice and Security published a joint letter today (1 July 2019) that they sent to the Dutch Parliament containing plans to combat money laundering (click here to read the letter in full, in Dutch). These ne

Public Investment Funds Laws and Regulations in the Netherlands

Rogier Raas and Jeroen Smits have contributed the Dutch Chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide to Public Investment Funds Laws and Regulations.

The Dutch UBO register will be introduced in January 2020

On 4 April 2019, a legislative proposal to implement the Dutch Ultimate Beneficial Owner (''UBO'') register (''UBO register'') was submitted to the Dutch parliament.

Financial regulatory law update 2019

Several changes to Dutch financial regulatory laws entered into force in January and February 2019. In this article we provide a short summary of these changes.

Stibbe advises KAS BANK

Stibbe advises KAS BANK on the recommended all-cash public offer by CACEIS for KAS BANK.

PSD2 implemented in the Netherlands

Yesterday, the PSD2 implementation act was promulgated in the Dutch Government Gazette (Staatsblad). The PSD2 implementation act enters into effect on 19 February 2019. The Act and Explanatory Memorandum (both in Dutch) can be found here.

UK investment firms will be temporarily exempt from the Dutch licensing requirement as of 30 March 2019

On 4 February, the Dutch Minister of Finance published an amendment to the Exemption Regulation under the Financial Supervision Act (Vrijstellingsregeling Wft). The amendment provides for a temporary exemption from the licencing requirement for investment

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