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Honourable mentions for BarentsKrans in the Legal 500
This week Legal 500 released their 2018 rankings. As in previous years, BarentsKrans is mentioned several times in this leading, international guide for the legal profession. Again we are beyond proud of these honourable mentions. High performers BarentsKrans is mentioned at nine different practice areas. Employment, Corporate/M&A, EU & Competition, Private equity, Real estate, Commercial Litigation,
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Rollercoaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides acquired by Sansei Technologies
Dutch roller coaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides, one of the biggest suppliers to amusement parks worldwide, has been acquired in full by the Japanese Sansei Technologies. With the acquisition of 100% of the shares, Sansei will increase its global market share in the field of designing, supplying and installing roller coasters. The collaboration with Sansei is
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Chambers Europe 2018 rankings: again splendid results for BarentsKrans
Last month we published the stunning results that BarentsKrans achieved in the Chambers 2018 Global edition. Meanwhile, the Chambers Europe guide has also been published and we would, once again, like to share our Chambers feedback with you. Chambers and Partners publish their rankings annually while comparing 53 jurisdictions across Europe, from Greenland and the United Kingdom to
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Chambers Global 2018 rankings: excellent results for BarentsKrans
Chambers Global 2018, the guide that provides a worldwide overview of international practice areas, has just been released. BarentsKrans received several honourable mentions. This year the most noticeable mention is the Corporate / M&A practice group’s first ranking within the Mid-Markets category. Like last year, the Intellectual Property team has been rewarded with a splendid
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Success in Bank Indonesia / trustees Indover Bank
Following the demise of its Dutch subsidiary Indover Bank in the credit crisis of 2008, Bank Indonesia (the Indonesian Central Bank) was sued by the bankruptcy trustees in the Netherlands. They asserted that in 1998 Bank Indonesia had issued a guarantee to Indover Bank to maintain its solvency as long as it would remain its
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MVGM acquires Actys Wonen and Actys VvE
On Wednesday the 1st of November 2017, MVGM acquired Actys Wonen and Actys VvE. With this acquisition, real estate manager MVGM will further strenghten its position as market leader in residential real estate. Actys manages about 20,000 rental houses and parking spaces and about 200 associations of owners. Actys also rents out over 3,000 properties
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Crestline investors provides growth financing to Quintes
Crestline Investors, Inc, an institutional alternative asset manager announces a refinancing and acquisition facility of Quintes Holding BV, an insurance intermediary business based in the Netherlands. Quintes will use the acquisition facility to scale up its business-to-business portfolio in the non-Randstad regions of the Netherlands. In this investment, Crestline has teamed up with Dutch asset
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Acquisition Koninklijke Schut by P. Van De Velde Group
P. Van De Velde Group has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Koninklijke Schut N.V. With this acquisition, P. Van De Velde Group further strengthens its position in folding carton and packaging applications, operating under the name ‘Van De Velde Packaging’. Combining two complementary enterprises into one strong organisation, allows the Belgian group to better respond to new
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Zwanenberg buys (Unox) factory in Oss from Unilever
Unilever intends to form a strategic alliance with Zwanenberg Food Group (ZFG). This collaboration entails that Unilever sells her meat, sauce and soup factory, which also procudes the renowned Unox sausages, in Oss to ZFG and that ZFG has the intention to transfer a volume of approximately 18,000 tons of her canned meat production to the Oss factory
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KPN acquires internet service provider Solcon
BarentsKrans acted as legal cousel to KPN in their acquisition of ‘Solcon Internetdiensten’, a Dutch provider of internet, (mobile) telephony, hosting television and secure email services for both individuals and companies. Legal advisors were as follows: Lawyers Michiel Martin Thomas van Hövell tot Westervlier Nicole Bokern Civil-law notaries Lisanne Vissers Robert-Jan Zwaan Jeffrey Koenecke We
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