Stibbe advised Vodafone

Representing Vodafone in a dispute with Macintosh Retail Group (MRG). Following Vodafone's acquisition of BelCompany from MRG, Vodafone was being confronted with a dawn raid by the Dutch competition authority ACM. To preserve its rights under the purchase agreement pending the ACM investigations, Vodafone initiated litigation but immediately argued that these proceedings should be stayed. Despite MRG's objections, the team succeeded in obtaining a favourable ruling from the Court: Vodafone had a legitimate interest in staying the proceedings.