“The firm’s association with allies Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe has proved a fruitful one, boosting all three practices’ standings in the various M&A league tables published last year”
IFLR 1000 2006
“The firm’s alliance with Gleiss Lutz in Germany and Stibbe in the Netherlands and Belgium further enhances local and cross-border work to clients”
Chambers Global 2004-2005
“The firm’s international strategy of building formal alliances with firms in the main European markets has been canny and carefully considered”
The Lawyer Awards 2003
Our alliance with Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe brings together three of Europe's leading law firms to advise clients on their major cross-border activities across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Each firm has a leading reputation in its home jurisdiction. Gleiss Lutz is a German law firm with offices across Europe. Stibbe is a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, London and New York.
Joint teams from the firms work closely together across all major practice areas, pooling their expertise and know-how to ensure they provide the seamless service their clients require. Clients now come to our alliance because they know they will get a service that is completely integrated and consistently premium in quality.
Key features of our alliance:
- shared reputation for quality
- track record of cross-border mandates
- proven operational seamlessness
- market recognition
Deals and cases
The three firms have worked together on a number of major transactions, projects and disputes. The high standing of our alliance was most recently demonstrated in Mergermarket's preliminary H1 2008 league tables in which we ranked fifth in the European M&A tables by deal value.
A selection of recent deals include:
- CVC Capital Partners and Wavin on its €400 million IPO and listing on Euronext Amsterdam, and CVC Capital Partners on the subsequent sale of their entire shareholding in Wavin by way of a block trade to ABN AMRO Rothschild and Fortis Bank
- Givaudan on its £1.2 billion acquisition of Quest International from ICI plc and its related CHF2.8 billion term loan facility provided by Citibank
- First Choice Holidays on its recommended merger with the tourism division of TUI AG
- MW TOPS on its €1.5 billion listing on Euronext Amsterdam, the largest ever IPO of a closed-ended investment company
- Swiss Re on its US$7.4 billion acquisition of GE insurance Solutions from General Electric
- Tata Steel on its successful £6.2 billion takeover of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus
- TomTom on its €540 million IPO and listing on Euronext Amsterdam