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Search Fund Company Boards

Fundamentals of a Search Fund | How CEOs Can Build Boards to Help Them Thrive. Yale case 18-017. Click the button below to read. Read more…

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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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What to look for in a Searcher

Fundamentals of a Search Fund | A practical and personal guide to the traits that matter across the Search Fund journey There are many compelling reasons to become a searcher. You want to lead a company. You believe in entrepreneurship, but prefer acquiring a solid business over…

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2024 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations

Fundamentals of a Search Fund | The 2024 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since 1984. Download the 2024 Search Fund study below. Download…

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International Search Funds: 2022, Selected Observations

Fundamentals of a Search Fund | October 2022. By Lenka Kolarova, Peter Kelly, Jan Simon and Rob Johnson from Iese EIC, Business School, University of Navarra. This note reports a biennial study, performed by the IESE Business School, of search funds that were formed outside the United States and Canada. Undertaken…

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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…