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Stek in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500

In the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Stek is again recommended for each of its practice areas. Our lawyers are mentioned in the Legal 500 commentary for their standout contribution to respective practices. Additionally, special mentions are for: Banking and finance: Borrower side: Tier 3Sharon…

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Stek in Chambers Europe 2025

In the 2025 edition of the directory Chambers Europe Stek is again recommended for its practice areas as listed below. The following lawyers are listed as “Notable Practitioners”: Banking & Finance: Sharon Kaufmann, Herman Wamelink; Banking & Finance – Project Finance: Herman Wamelink; Corporate/M&A Mid-Market: Eelco Bijkerk, Maarten van…

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Stek represents Stichting Massaschade & Consument in collective action against Sony

Today, Stichting Massaschade & Consument has officially launched a campaign for its collective action against Sony on behalf of Dutch PlayStation users. The case addresses Sony’s abuse of its dominant market position, which has led to inflated prices for digital PlayStation games and in-game content. For…

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Stek in Chambers Global 2025

In the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, Stek is once again recommended for its practice areas: Finance, Corporate/M&A Mid-Market, and Litigation. The following lawyers are listed as ‘Notable Practitioners: Banking & Finance: Sharon Kaufmann and Herman Wamelink Corporate/M&A Mid-Market: Eelco Bijkerk, Maarten van der Graaf, and Ruben Tros Dispute Resolution:…

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Stek organizes documentation session Dutch borrowing base lenders

Stek (Merijn Batteram and Sharon Kaufmann) organized recently a documentation session for legal counsels of several Dutch borrowing base lenders. Key focus was the correlation between the LMA senior facilities agreement with borrowing base facility and the FAAN based borrowing base ancillary document used in the Dutch…

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Welcoming two new counsel to Stek: Tanja Schasfoort and Dawid Sztandera

We are proud to announce the strengthening of our Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency practice groups with the appointment of two new counsel: Tanja Schasfoort (Dispute Resolution) and Dawid Sztandera (Restructuring & Insolvency), effective from 1 January 2025. Tanja is an experienced commercial dispute resolution…

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Shell, Milieudefensie, and Climate litigation: key take-aways for directors of Dutch companies

On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal in The Hague delivered its judgment in the climate case between Milieudefensie and Shell. Although the court overturned the judgment that had obliged Shell to reduce CO2 emissions by 45% across the Shell Group by 2030, the judgment still…

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Stek welcomes Floor Bosboom

We are delighted to announce that Floor Bosboom has recently joined our Finance practice group as a paralegal. Before stepping into this role, she already gained valuable experience at Stek as a legal assistant within the same team. Floor supports the team of lawyers with legal matters and assists…

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Alternative transmission rights: unlocking unused grid capacity

Introduction The continuously growing demand for transmission capacity (transportcapaciteit) for both the take-off and feed-in of electricity,[1] driven by the energy transition, has pushed both the national high-voltage transmission system and the regional distribution systems[2] (together referred to as: the grid) in the Netherlands to their…

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Stek welcomes Robin van Duijnhoven

We are delighted to announce that Robin van Duijnhoven has recently joined Stek as a senior associate in our Finance practice team and our Restructuring & Insolvency practice team. Robin specialises in (cross-border) financing transactions, with a particular focus on acquisition finance and corporate lending. He…

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Stek welcomes Mathias Wielinga Carvajal

We are delighted to announce that Mathias Wielinga Carvajal has joined Stek as an associate in our Dispute Resolution team as of 1 October. Mathias has a broad litigation experience, with a focus on corporate law-related disputes. He has represented various companies in proceedings before Dutch…