Herbert Smith’s formal ally Stibbe is to review its position in the London firm’s European alliance at the Benelux giant’s annual partner meeting, it has emerged.

Stibbe’s new managing partner, Joost van Lanschot, told Legal Week that the partners’ meeting, scheduled for early June, would put the firm’s position in the alliance, which also includes Germany’s Gleiss Lutz, at the top of the agenda.