Publications & Insights

Advising Accor on the investment in 72 Germany-located and 19 Netherlands-located hotels by Moor Park Real Estate (sale and lease-back).

Advising SABMiller on the EUR 816 million acquisition of Grolsch and its subsequent delisting.

Advising The Blackstone Group on the acquisition and financing of Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Stibbe represented the Ministry of Finance in annulment proceedings pursued by the Flemish Bar Council before the Constitutional Court against the Belgian Preventative Money Laundering Act.

Stibbe represented Swiss Life before the criminal courts of Antwerp in a case in which it is charged with issuing "Tak 23" investment products that are financed by means of an allegedly illegal system of mortgage loans.

Stibbe has been acting as leading legal counsel for public limited liability company Beheermaatschappij Antwerpen Mobiel in the realisation and execution of the Antwerp Masterplan 2020 for the creation of a multi-modal transport infrastructure programme.

Advising Cyrte Investments on the acquisition of Telefonica’s 75% stake in Endemol.

Stibbe assisted the City of Brussels in the real estate, town planning, environmental, tax, and public procurement aspects of the renovation and redevelopment project of the Heysel site called “Project NEO”.

Stibbe advised LG Philips Display Group on the restructuring of a joint venture of Philips and LG.

Stibbe assisted Transics, one of the largest European players in relation to on-board computers and fleet management solutions for the transport and logistics sector, in its IPO on Euronext Brussels.

Advising the consortium of ABN Amro, Ballast Nedam and Strukton in connection with their bid for the DBFM project Tweede Coentunnel, the Netherlands.

Stibbe assisted PMV, an investment company of the Flemish government, on an highly-publicized, complex infrastructure renovation project, involving approximately 170 schools in the Flemish Region.

Stibbe assisted Punch International and Accentis with the 245 million EUR purchase of Punch's real property and the subsequent public offer on all shares of Accentis with the focus on semi-industrial property.

Citing the right to freedom of expression, the Reformed Political Party (Dutch abbreviation: SGP) argued that while women can become a member of the SGP, they couldn’t vote within the party or stand for public office on behalf of it.