Mergers and Acquisitions

Stibbe advised Lampiris and its reference shareholders throughout the auction process organised by BNP Paribas Fortis up to signing the legal documentation with Gimv and SRIW, the ultimate preferred bidders who invested EUR 40 million in Lampiris.

Stibbe advised a French public infrastructure investment fund on the acquisition of an interest in a German wind farm project.

Stibbe assisted Picanol Group with its acquisition of the French State’s 27.6% stake in Tessenderlo Chemie.

Stibbe assisted several large banks (i.e. KBC Bank, ING, Dexia and BNP Fortis) with implementing a multimillion EUR acquisition finance package for one of the bidders for its acquisition of a broadcasting company from a German mass media company.

Stibbe assisted global private equity player The Carlyle Group with its acquisition of The Sniffers, a Belgian provider of fugitive emission monitoring and related services to the oil & gas industries.

Stibbe assisted the selling shareholders of Punch Powertrain on the sale of their participation to New Horizon Capital.

Stibbe assisted Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV) in the reverse merger of Thenergo with ABO Holdings.

Stibbe assisted Tavares with the public takeover of all shares and warrants followed by a sale of 100% of its outstanding share capital to Wabco.

Stibbe assisted a group of Flemish cable companies with the sale of its analog and digital television activities to Telenet and the use of part of the cable network in Flanders. 

Stibbe advises Kinepolis on its acquisition of the Dutch Wolff cinema group. Kinepolis acquires nine existing cinemas in the Netherlands, as well as two new construction projects for a megaplex in Utrecht and a multiplex in Dordrecht.

Stibbe advises Intermixt as the representative of the Flemish municipalities of the so-called mixed energy distribution sector with respect to the withdrawal of Electrabel from the Flemish electricity and gas distribution system operators.

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

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.

Stibbe advises Hay Group, specialised in people strategy and organisational performance on the USD 452 million acquisition by Korn/Ferry, a leading global people and organisational advisory firm.

Stibbe advises BC Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on their 30% stake alongside Altice N.V. in Suddenlink and Cablevision.