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Stibbe advised the Belgian Buildings Agency, a federal government agency, on the construction, public law, and project financing aspects of the EUR 800 million PFI for prisons programme, for the construction of 54 new prison compounds on the basis of a DB

Stibbe assisted the Flemish Community in drafting the new Anti-doping Decree.

Stibbe assisted a worldwide seeds leader in negotiations on cooperation deals with competitors.

Stibbe advised Isabel, an international banking automation and electronic invoicing services provider, on its business model of trust services and compliance with various regulatory bodies.

Stibbe assisted an artificial gravel manufacturer before the courts. The gravel contains recycled stainless steel slag which was allegedly inflating, causing damages to roads and buildings under which it had been placed.

Stibbe assisted Ferrero in proceedings against an advertisement published by Kraft for its Lu Petit Dejeuner biscuits on the grounds of trademark infringement and unfair trade practices - related to the shape of the Nutella chocolate spread jar.

Advising TomTom, the producer of navigation-products, on the takeover of Ilocal. A company which offers data of Dutch and Belgian companies via the internet. TomTom expects to enhance the quality of its navigation services with the Ilocal technology.

Advising ING Groep on its EUR 7.5 billion rights offering. 

Advising Canon on its EUR 730 million all cash public offer for all shares of Océ. Together, Canon and Océ aim to create the overall number one presence in the printing industry. Canon also agreed to pay EUR 65 million to buy Oce’s preferred shares.

Stibbe assisted FEDICT with the drafting of a contract and negotiation of that contract and related service level agreements with Belgacom and Zetes for the delivery of electronic identity cards.

Advising Super de Boer in relation to the EUR 550 million offer made by Jumbo Groep regarding the acquisition of the entire business of Super de Boer by means of an acquisition of all its assets and liabilities.

Stibbe assisted a pharmaceutical multinational in complex litigations.

Advising Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan in their role as underwriters of the Dutch aspects of the equity issue in an accelerated bookbuild offering by AEGON N.V. 

Stibbe represented an upmarket department store company in the highly publicized proceedings before Belgium’s Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) regarding the validity of the national sales period legislation in light of EU law.

Stibbe advises a major worldwide industrial player on the implementation of an intra-group financing structure involving a hybrid-profit participating loan that a Luxembourg holding company granted to a Belgian group company.

Stibbe represented a major insurance company in its defence before the Brussels Court against a group of claimants who purchased life insurance schemes linked to Traded Endowment Funds.

Stibbe assisted the Belgian Buildings Agency (federal government agency) on the construction of six prison compounds in Belgium.

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.