Sander Schouten

Directors’ and officers’ liability in bankruptcy due to breach of accounting obligation

When a private company goes bankrupt, the directors and officers can be held liable ...

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Marco Guit

Directors’ and officers’ liability in The Netherlands: the Beklamel standard

At the time that a director or officer commits a company to an agreement, while ...

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Sander Schouten

Duty of care of loan company when calculating borrowing capacity?

A bank or lender has a duty of care towards her clients. They are required to ...

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Marco Guit

How to interpret an exit clause in an investment contract?

When parties to an agreement differ of opinion regarding the interpretation of ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Prevent jurisdiction disputes: make choice of jurisdiction!

In a recent Dutch court case the judge had to decide whether the Dutch court had ...

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Sander Schouten

Sommelier of the prestige Amstel Hotel dismissed unfairly because of drinking wine

The interim relief judge of the Amsterdam District Court has ordered the Amstel ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Trade name protection in The Netherlands: how does it work?

A company who uses a certain trade name to do business, needs some sort of protection ...

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Sander Schouten

Dissolution procedure of a private limited company in The Netherlands

In The Netherlands, a legal entity can be dissolved through different legal procedures. ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Dutch franchiser liable for giving unrealistic sales forecasts?

When negotiating a franchise agreement in The Netherlands it is common that the ...

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Thomas van Vugt

The new EEX-Regulation: changes to enforcing foreign judgments in The Netherlands

As per January 2015 the new EU Execution Regulation (EEX) will come into force. ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Dutch lawyers for debt recovery investigation

People often seek for a lawyer’s advise when having a claim or think they may ...

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Hidde Reitsma

The revival of the Dutch cooperative: the alternative form of business

Thinking of setting up a business in The Netherlands? You may want to consider ...

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Thomas van Vugt

European Court: free choice of lawyer with Dutch legal aid insurance

According to European law a person who has legal aid insurance is free to choose ...

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Thomas van Vugt
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Second opinion by a Dutch lawyer

AMS Lawyers have frequently been approached by clients who are not completely ...

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AMS Advocaten
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Hein Hoogendoorn joins Dutch law firm AMS

Dutch lawyer Hein Hoogendoorn has joined Dutch law firm AMS Advocaten N.V. as ...

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Marco Guit

Termination of a distribution agreement in the Netherlands

If you wish to terminate a continuing performance contract (e.g. a distribution ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Court ruling: short stay let of Amsterdam apartments to tourists is not permitted

Renting out your apartment to tourists for short periods of time is a form of ...

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Sander Schouten

Trustee liable for misinforming buyer in restart in the Netherlands

The Court of Appeal recently found the trustee of a bankrupt company liable for ...

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Marco Guit

International trade contracts: which court has jurisdiction?

When doing international business it is not always clear for the parties which ...

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Marco Guit

Do’s and don’ts when dealing with a bankrupt client

Many businesses do not know how to act when one of their clients goes bankrupt ...

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