Matters

Stibbe advised a Belgian audio-visual production company, part of a global media group, on tax and other legal issues.

Stibbe assisted Vandemoortele with the EUR 325 million divestment of its soy foods division, known under the trademarks Alpro and Provamel, to Dean Foods Company.

Advising Hoogheemraadschap Delfland, the contracting authority, on the DBFMO contracting of a large Waste Water Treatment Plant and associated network in the Netherlands.

Stibbe assisted an international insurance company in class action proceedings before the criminal courts regarding the sale of life insurance investment products and their unraveling due to the financial downturn.

Representing RWE Dea (wax) in antitrust damage litigation in the District Court, following on from the European Commission’s finding of an antitrust infringement in the wax sector.

Stibbe advised a leading European real estate investor and developer on the tax structuring of a new football stadium site that has a hotel complex and office and residential space.

Stibbe assisted Kinepolis in the negotiation of a contracting framework with most major Hollywood film studios underpinning Kinepolis’s deployment of the next generation digital cinema projection systems.

Advising APG Investments on the Euro 2.7 billion acquisition of the real estate company Steen & Strøm ASA from Canica AS, in a joint venture with Klepierre SA.

Stibbe assisted the Brazilian shareholders of InBev with the financing of their participation in the capital increase to fund its EUR 32.7 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch to create Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewery.

Advising Martinair Holland with regard to the investigation by the European Commission into the air cargo sector.