Matters

Advising Cinven and Warburg Pincus on the €2.6 billion acquisition of Essent Kabelcom. 

Advising Sibelco on its extension of a quartz sand quarry in Limburg (The Netherlands).

Stibbe assisted real estate developers Breevast and Immobel in negotiating and signing an important lease agreement with the Building Authority.

Stibbe advised various multinational groups on IP rights and R&D tax aspects, restructuring, commercial structure, and transfer pricing.

Stibbe advised trading and recycling companies on the drafting of agreements such as confidentiality agreements, license agreements, and partnership agreements.

Stibbe assisted the Flemish government in developing a legal framework for granting guarantees to funds, as a result of which financial institutions can free up capital to continue lending to the market.

Stibbe assisted a number of clients in obtaining a delisting from the Iran Sanction list and in obtaining clearance for financial flows from Iran to our clients' subsidiaries.

Stibbe assisted a private investment fund in a litigation case against the American Internal Revenue Service concerning the cross-border leasing of railway material, and the applicability of Belgian law on such a transaction.

Stibbe assisted a leading Belgian telecom operator in negotiations with a major European telecom operator on the offering of triple play (internet access, telephony and television) services on the Belgian market.

Stibbe advises top consumer brand companies on both contentious and non-contentious issues related to their trademark portfolio.