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Stibbe represented the director and sole shareholder of the Royal Brinkers group of companies in a insolvency litigation matter. In 2010, the majority of entities within the Royal Brinkers group went bankrupt as a result of changed market conditions.

Stibbe represented North Sea Port Netherlands N.V in Supreme Court proceedings against Glencore AG concerning a right of pledge.

Stibbe has acted as counsel to Amundi in connection with the acquisition of the Dutch part of the €1 bn Aqua pan-European office portfolio from Union Investment Real Estate.

Stibbe advises Rabobank on the legal aspects of the renovation of its former head offices "the Spiegel Building" in Utrecht.

Stibbe advised HNA Group, the owner of China’s fourth-largest airline Hainan Airlines, as Belgian counsel in relation to its EUR 2.56 billion acquisition of Swissport Group from PAI Partners.

On 27 July 2015, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced that it has withdrawn its previously announced hostile bid to acquire Mylan N.V. Stibbe represented Mylan in this successful takeover defence and advised Mylan on both litigation and EU competition

Assisting the State of Malta with regard to the alleged failure of Malta to fulfill its obligations under the Birds Directive.

Stibbe advised Kempen & Co, Degroof Corporate Finance, Bank Degroof and ING on the private offering by NSI N.V. of 35% of its shares in Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV to a broad group of institutional and qualified investors.

Stibbe advised Tessenderlo Group on the issuance and public offering of bonds to retail investors for the amount of EUR 250 million.

Stibbe advises Apax Partners on the acquisition of RFS Holland Holding (Wehkamp and two sister companies, homeware store Fonq and appliances merchant Create2Fit).

Stibbe advised Chinese private equity firm EverYi Capital on its joint venture with world-famous chocolatier Maison Pierre Marcolini to develop and market the latter’s activities in Greater China.

Advising Tribune Media Company and its subsidiary Gracenote, the world’s leading provider of entertainment data, on its acquisition of Infostrada Sports.

Stibbe advises a company in the chemical industry on a regulation case about safety standards.

Advising a transport organisation on the implementation of new regulation standards.

Advising a financial organisation how to avoid the publication of a sanction imposed by the regulator.

Stibbe advises Accor on the sale and franchise-back of 29 hotels in the Netherlands and Germany for a total value of €234 million.

Stibbe advises PostNL in connection with a new five-year EUR 400 million multicurrency revolving credit facility, including two one-year extension options.

Advising J.P. Morgan and the other underwriters on the notes offerings of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. for a total amount of USD 3.0 billion.

Representing the Belgian Ministry of Economy in a high-profile lawsuit against SABAM (the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers) before the Brussels courts concerning the private collecting society’s compliance with the Belgian Copyright Ac

Advising an international fast moving consumer goods company on IT and privacy related matters, such as the use of cloud computing and the transfer of personal data outside of the European Economic Area.

Advising Amsterdam RAI, the largest Dutch congress and convention center, on e-commerce and privacy related matters.

Providing legal assistance to several companies with regard to investigations of the Social Affairs and Employment Inspectorate (SAE, in Dutch: Inspectie Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) and imposed fines under the Foreign Nationals (Employment) Act. 

Stibbe advises the consortium of 3i, Heijmans, John Laing and Jan de Nul in connection with their bid for the contracting and financing of the Sealock IJmuiden PPP project. The project concerns the Design, Build, Financing and Maintenance for 26 years of

Stibbe advises Facilicom and NIBC in connection with their bid for the contracting and financing of a new City Hall in Westland. The project concerns the Design, Build, Financing, Maintenance and Operation for 25 years of the City Hall.

Stibbe advises NRG Value, a Dutch fuel and convenience retail management chain recently started by former managers from Shell, Exxon Mobil and Merrill Lynch, on its acquisition of 107 Esso petrol stations from Esso Nederland, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil.

Stibbe assisted a consortium composed of Belgacom, T-Systems International GmbH, Strabag AG, and Efkon AG with the preparation of its bid and with the negotiations and subsequent closing of the contract for the realization of the ETCS PPR project.