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29 November 2022

Corporate law - M&A

Banning Attorneys advised Klaas Fokkema with its recent investment in Superkop

Banning congratulates Klaas Fokkema with this milestone in his career. Superkop is a company that sells a manually operated, non-electric espresso machine that excels in taste. It is easy to operate and intended for daily use. The machine uses freshly-ground coffee (no plastic capsules), does not require any warm-up, is virtually maintenance-free and most importantly: has perfect extraction. The Superkop has been designed to last forever making it a tool for life. Please see for more information https://www.superkop.com/.

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10 May 2022

Competition & Regulatory

Competition and Regulatory team in Legal500!

A big thank you to our clients, for their support and recommendations! “Banning NV‘s broad practice covers advisory work (such as vertical agreements and compliance mandates), as well as international civil damages actions and cartel litigation.  Minos van Joolingen leads the team, which has a particularly strong presence in the automotive industry; clients in this space include dealer councils of major car brands, trade associations and suppliers. van Joolingen and Sophia Wittkämper are acting for the Dutch dealer association of Opel – and all authorised dealers of these brands appointed in the Netherlands – in extensive civil law proceedings against Opel Nederland B.V. (member of the Stellantis groupe) …

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09 June 2021

Corporate law - M&A

Banning advises management in a management buy-out of Kargro

Kargro, the Dutch market leader in collecting and recycling of end-of-life tyres (“ELTs”), was acquired by management in a management-buy-out. Kargro, headquartered in Montfoort, collects used truck tyres under the brand name Kargro Banden and used passenger car tyres under the brand name Lintire. The collected tyres are either sold for new use, re-treaded by Kargro’s wholly owned subsidiary Banden Plan Europe or processed into raw materials (rubber, steel and cotton). The company is frontrunner when it comes to circularity and is actively investing and doing research in new recycling techniques. Banning (Henk Brat & Suzanne Lodder) acted as legal advisor to …

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20 April 2021

Competition & Regulatory

Competition & Regulatory team Banning in Legal500!

A big thank you to our clients, for their support and recommendations! ‘𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢.’ ‘𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴; 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯.’ ‘𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 …

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01 October 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning has recently assisted Nexus on the acquisition of RVC Medical IT from Main Capital

We congratulate all parties involved on the successful transaction and want to thank all for the pleasant cooperation! Nexus is one of the leading European software companies for the healthcare industry. RVC Medical IT is a leading independent software vendor offering a comprehensive Healthcare Enterprise Imaging software suite. Main Capital is a strategic investor with an exclusive focus on Enterprise software companies in the Benelux, DACH and Nordics regions. For more information on this deal check the press release here. The Banning team consisted of Jan-Berend Möller (partner) and Lukas Suijkerbuijk (associate).

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09 September 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning has recently assisted the founders of QarQuest to form a strategic alliance with NIBC

Banning has recently assisted the founders of QarQuest on its strategic alliance with NIBC forming the new fintech platform: @yesqar. yesqar offers financing solutions to the automotive sector with an exclusive focus on financing of cars on stock and car leasing portfolios. This new initiative makes the difference for their clients by combining the extensive financial expertise of NIBC with the power of data and market knowledge of QarQuest. QarQuest provides yesqar with unique data insights into 60 million used cars, including sales in several counties, turnover rates and valuations. As part of this strategic alliance the founders of QarQuest have …

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04 August 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning has recently assited Bucephalus with its second investement in Vendora

Congratulations to Vendora and its investors on the completion of this second financing round. We are pleased to have contributed to this expansion. We wish Vendora all the best in continuing its growth and strengthening its leading role in Greece. The team of Banning consisted of Gaby Heere and Marit van den Elshout.

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19 June 2020

Corporate law - M&A Corporate law - M&A

Banning has recently assisted Martello on the acquisition of GSX and related financing

Banning has recently assisted Martello Technologies Group Inc. (“Martello”), a leading a provider of digital experience monitoring (DEM) solutions deployed in more than 5,000 enterprise networks around the world, on the acquisition of GSX Participations SA (“GSX”), a provider of end-user experience monitoring for Microsoft Office 365. The acquisition of GSX, recognized by Gartner as a digital experience monitoring vendor, extends Martello’s DEM capabilities into the Microsoft Office 365 market, which has approximately 200 million monthly active users. In addition, Banning assisted Martello with the closing of debt financing, provided by Vistara Capital Partners and National Bank of Canada, as …

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05 June 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning has recently assisted the Robeco Private Equity Management Team in the acquisition by Stafford Capital Partners of Robeco’s private equity business from Robeco.

Banning has recently assisted the Robeco Private Equity Management Team in the acquisition by Stafford Capital Partners of Robeco’s private equity business from Robeco. This transaction is closed on 4 June 2020. The Stafford and Robeco private equity teams have known each other for many years through a common investment strategy in the field of sustainability, with the combination of these teams representing one of the most experienced private equity teams globally for responsible private equity investing. The European team complements Stafford Private Equity’s current capabilities in the US and Australia, allowing Stafford to offer a truly global private equity solution to …

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15 May 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning advised St. Paul in the acquisition of processed and grated cheese business from Givaudan

Banning has recently supervised and assisted St. Paul in the acquisition of the Netherlands-based processed and grated cheese business from Givaudan, a Swiss flavors and fragrances company. This transaction is closed on 12 may 2020 This transaction represents a successful extension of St Paul’s customer base in ready meals, snacks and processed food. In addition St Paul will now also be able to offer a wider range of product formats in grated cheese and air dried cheese. St Paul Group is a mid sized family company and the organization is a leading supplier of cheese solutions for the food industry, has a …

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05 May 2020

Competition & Regulatory

Competition & Regulatory team Banning in Legal500!

  A big thank you to our clients, for their support and recommendations! We are grateful that our clients appreciate our cooperation, and look forward to their next challenge.

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13 March 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning advised Protix on the investments by Rabo Corporate Investments (Rabo Participations B.V.)

Banning recently advised Protix B.V. (Protix) on the investment by Rabo Corporate Investments (Rabo Participations B.V.). Protix is the market leader when it comes to verifiable and scalable insect breeding. Protix aims at changing the food system by breeding the black soldier fly (hermetia illucens) and using its larvae to provide us with a unique source of protein for food and feed! With high-tech solutions, artificial intelligence, genetic improvement programs and robotics, Protix brings the food system back in balance with nature. Jan-Berend Möller of Banning advised on the transaction.

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26 February 2020

Paula Kemp received her PhD!

It is our great pleasure to announce that our colleague, Paula Kemp, received her PhD from Leiden University on 23 January 2020. Her research, entitled ‘Enforced Performance of commercial sales contracts in the Netherlands, Singapore and China’, contributes to the growth of our international legal practice, and it allows us to provide our clients with even better support in achieving their global ambitions. Paula’s research focussed on the extent to which the contract law of the Netherlands, Singapore and China balance out the interests of parties to a commercial sales contract in their principles surrounding the enforceability of performance obligations. It …

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26 February 2020

Corporate law - M&A

Banning added another attorney to its ranks!

We are pleased to announce that on Wednesday 19 February 2020, our colleague Vince Ouwersloot was sworn in as attorney at the Court of Amsterdam and admitted to the Dutch Bar. Vince completed a Bachelor’s degree in Dutch Tax Law at Maastricht University, before switching to Tilburg University where he completed the Master’s program International Business Law and graduated Cum Laude. Vince has been part of the corporate law practice group as a paralegal in the M&A team since January 2019, he will now continue his career within this practice group as an attorney. We wish Vince all the best: this is …

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