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The leading Benelux law firm Loyens & Loeff is building on its premier position in the area of asset & investment management, fund structuring and private equity transactions by adding an integrated team focussed on complex restructuring, insolvency and recovery situations for its clients in the asset management industry. The team will combine its extensive integrated corporate, finance, regulatory and tax experience with its sophisticated restructuring, insolvency and recovery expertise.

Loyens & Loeff (attorneys, tax lawyers, civil law notaries) has appointed six new partners as of 1 January 2009: Roderik Beckers, Marcel Buur, Thierry Lohest, Hans van Ruiten, Jurriaan van der Stok and Ynze van der Tempel.

Paul Kerckhoffs (49), a civil law notary, has been appointed partner at Loyens & Loeff N.V. as of 1 December. He joins the real estate practice at the Amsterdam office.

LUXEMBOURG, 28 October 2008 - Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg announces the creation of a new Management Committee, which is meant to ensure the further development of the firm

Benelux Fund Briefing (October 2007)

At the end of October 2007, Loyens & Loeff presented an overview of recent Benelux fund developments. The Netherlands and Luxembourg have further improved their competitive fund climate. The current fund regimes have been modernised and new regimes have been introduced. Fund sponsors, managers, investors and other service providers alike welcome this development.

Loyens & Loeff N.V. (attorneys, tax lawyers and civil law notaries) will open an office in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) on 1 January 2008. This makes Loyens & Loeff the first continental-European legal and tax service provider to take such a step. 

Ruud Lubbers guest of honour at Loyens & Loeff's book presentation

On Thursday 30th November, in the presence of about 100 invited guests, a mini symposium took place at Loyens & Loeff's Amsterdam office. The theme of the event was corporate social responsibility (CSR) [or in Dutch, maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (MVO)]

During this symposium, the book 'Een wereld te winnen' ['A world to be won'] was presented. The book is the initiative of Tineke Lambooy, a lawyer and PhD student. It contains interviews with CSR experts active in the world of politics, science, business and social organisations, all of them describing their vision of CSR.

Pim Bertels (Chairman of the Loyens & Loeff Board) and Ruud Lubbers

A given moment in time

Guest of honour at the meeting was former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. He received the first copy of the book from Chairman Pim Bertels. Lubbers sees the publication as very valuable due to the variety of perspectives on CSR described within. He says: 'It's a very special book and rather like a photo album, it describes a given moment in time for a current topic that is changing rapidly.'

In the book, Ruud Lubbers describes 'The Earth Charter'. This Charter is a universal text in which worldwide accepted values are recorded as regards durable development and a decent existence. The Charter argues for 'a celebration of life'.

The book 'Een wereld te winnen' (only in Dutch) will be available in bookshops from 1st December. 'We are hoping to provide a contribution towards a growing consciousness of corporate social responsibility', says Pim Bertels, Chairman of Loyens & Loeff. 'Only once everyone starts thinking about solutions to keep our world liveable, can we offer a decent environment to our following generations.'

For more information, contact Aad Jan Roos, Communicatie & Marketing department, tel. (010) 224 62 27.

For the second time in three years, Loyens & Loeff has been chosen as 'Benelux Law Firm of the Year' by Chambers and Partners. During the annual Chambers Global Awards Gala, held 16 November at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane in London, chairman Pim Bertels received the award on behalf of Loyens & Loeff. The prestigious Chambers Award was also presented to Loyens & Loeff in 2004.

Belgium, jointly with the Netherlands, are among the countries that most appeal to Chinese companies seeking to expand abroad. Both countries are among the top 5 countries of interest to Chinese investors, together with Germany, France and Italy. However, the downside is that Belgian companies are mainly focusing on investing in China and not sufficiently on the potential of Chinese companies to invest in our country.

This has been demonstrated by the results of the second edition of the

The new Anti-Bullying Act tackles undesirable behaviour at an earlier stage. A more neutral approach results in a faster and better solution. The new bill not only implies a major improvement for victims, it allows employers to play an active role. Moreover, misuse of the law is more difficult under the new regulation. Loyens informed of the regulation in detail during a seminar on 27 June 2006.

One in every seven employees will find themselves confronted with undesirable behaviour at the workplace at some stage of their career. Many employees have difficulty taking the step towards improving their situation within the scope of the current statutory framework. Many companies do not have an internal mediator whom employees can approach with their complaint. This leaves the employee no alternative but to turn to external prevention advisors or a court of law. And this, it turns out, is too big a step.

Katrien Berghs and Filip Saelens, employment law specialists at Loyens, found that in many cases this leads to only the most assertive of employees making their complaints public while many victims are left out in the cold. Current regulation also allows too much opportunity for misuse of the procedure.

The new bill will oblige companies that have at their disposal an external prevention advisor and want to appoint a mediator to select this candidate from within their own organisation. This is done in an effort to encourage employees to come forward with any grievances at an earlier stage so that these can be solved without the need for submitting an official complaint.

The bill by the Minister for Employment and eGovernment, Peter Vanvelthoven, foresees a significant increase in the role of the mediator in managing undesirable behaviour at the workplace. This will subsequently relieve the prevention advisor who will then be able to devote greater attention to the preventive strategy.

Stigmatisation of the offender

Removing the stigmatisation of the offender will be a major step forward. Contrary to the past, when the terms

Peter Callens joins Loyens as a partner. He is a leading figure in corporate transactions and M&A. With Callens

AMSTERDAM / ROTTERDAM, 13 June 2006

AMSTERDAM / ROTTERDAM, 19 June 2006

PRESS RELEASE

Loyens & Loeff advises NYSE

AMSTERDAM - Loyens & Loeff is advising NYSE in its merger with Euronext NV, a Dutch corporation listed on the Paris stock exchange, holding the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Lisbon. The Loyens & Loeff team consists of M&A partners Philip van Verschuer and Bas Vletter and tax partner Maarten van der Weijden. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz with a team lead by M&A partner David Karp and tax partner Eiko Stange is advising NYSE on the US law aspects of the merger bid. Herve Pisani and Danielle Villey of the French boutique Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is advising NYSE on the Franch law aspects of the transaction.

About Loyens & Loeff N.V.

Loyens & Loeff is an independent, international corporate law firm, based in the Benelux region (EU). We offer expertise in the fields of international taxation, corporate law, financial and capital markets, cross-border financing, private equity, real estate, energy, VAT, EU, regulatory issues and labour law. Over 700 attorneys, tax lawyers and civil law notaries advise companies, financial institutions and governments all over the world. An independent firm, Loyens & Loeff is not part of any global conglomerate or network. Loyens & Loeff meets the international demand for advisory services through its seven offices in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and its ten offices in the world

AMSTERDAM / ROTTERDAM, 25 April 2006

AMSTERDAM, 11 April 2006

In its new edition, Legal 500 highlights the multidisciplinary working method of legal firm Loyens. The general appreciation in the various categories confirms the top position of Loyens in the market.

The extensive analysis describes Loyens as an excellent firm. This acknowledgement is based, amongst others, on the extensive experience and expertise it houses. Loyens is also commended for its comprehensive knowledge of the local market in an international perspective in, for example, the area of fiscal matters.

Legal 500 provides analyses of and information on law firms in more than 85 countries. The guide is a reference for those seeking specialised legal advice.

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Marga Jorissen

Manager Marketing & Communications

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E-mail: marga.jorissen@loyens.com

The International Tax Review (ITR) describes Loyens as an innovative top office in its newest edition of

The latest edition of the renowned Chambers Global Client

Saskia Lust and Marc Vermylen have been appointed partners of Loyens, one of the top 5 Belgian law firms.

Saskia Lust is an expert in international legal and tax advice on equity planning and inheritance planning.

Marc Vermylen is a member of the Banking & Finance practice and specialises in financing and cross-border collateral perfection.

With these two appointments, Loyens has consolidated its unique market position in the area of counselling private clients, and has reinforced the Banking and Finance practice group.

Saskia Lust

Saskia Lust is an attorney-at-law and a member of the Antwerp Bar. She is specialised in internationally orientated asset planning and inheritance planning. She advises high net worth private individuals on these matters from a legal and a tax perspective, particularly with respect to immigration and emigration.

Saskia has published articles on estate planning, and lectures on international aspects of gift tax and inheritance tax at the Management School of Antwerp University, and at the Tax Law School at Brussels.

Saskia graduated in law from the Catholic University at Leuven and gained a special degree (Licentie) in tax law at the Universit

Loyens is to accompany Prime Minister Verhofstadt on his tour of the United States to promote the new legislation on notional interest deduction. In doing so, Loyens presents itself in the area of fiscal expertise as a privileged private partner in this mission. On behalf of Loyens, Christophe Laurent will participate in the seminar in Washington DC. At this seminar, organised by the Belgian Embassy, Belgium

Loyens is to accompany Prime Minister Verhofstadt on his tour of the United States to promote the new legislation on notional interest deduction. In doing so, Loyens presents itself in the area of fiscal expertise as a privileged private partner in this mission. On behalf of Loyens, Christophe Laurent will participate in the seminar in Washington DC. At this seminar, organised by the Belgian Embassy, Belgium