Filing for bankruptcy to dismiss an employee free of charge: abuse of Dutch bankruptcy law?
Employees enjoy dismissal protection under normal circumstances. They cannot simply ...
Violation of the Dutch Beklamel criterion by directors of a bankrupt construction company?
A company is in principle liable for its own debts. This is an essential principle ...
Agreement on exit but not on share price? How about a flash exit?
When the Flex BV was introduced in the Netherlands in 2012, it became possible ...
How does an emergency arbitrator under ICC Rules decide on a request for security?
The Dutch Court in preliminary relief proceedings for lifting attachments put ...
General Terms and Conditions: The Brussels I Regulation
A Dutch wholesaler and a Polish company had become involved in a dispute. The ...
Infringement of the trade name law with descriptive designation?
In principle, a trade name that is already in use in social an economic life is ...
Is it possible to be declared insolvent if payment obligations in bitcoins are not fulfilled?
A company had been ordered in default to pay out ‘mining revenues’ totalling 0.591 ...
Was the liquidation order of a dissolved British limited company justified?
A British limited company, active in the Netherlands but incorporated under British ...
What about termination due to (a fundamental) breach of contract and the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG)?
The Vienna Sales Convention applies to international purchase agreements concerning ...
Breach of duty of care by ex-manager of Dutch DJ Afrojack
Quarrelling with the manager seems to be part of the rock and roll lives of famous ...
Directors’ and officers’ liability after a company is wound up in the Netherlands
The winding up of a company generally means the discontinuation of the legal entity. ...
What about evading directors’ and officers’ liability on grounds for exculpation in the Netherlands?
In the Netherlands, the directors of a legal entity who do not perform their management ...
Is the committee of a Dutch association obliged to issue the list of members?
What can you do as a member of a Dutch association if you want to expose misconduct ...
How the Dutch requirement to have decisions made outside the AGM recorded in writing works!
In the Netherlands, in principle, the general meeting of shareholders (AGM) of ...
Dutch Supreme Court: no stretching of shareholder’s right to place items on agenda
Some years ago, we discussed the ruling in preliminary relief proceedings between ...
Does an employment contract exist between a director and a private limited company in formation?
A German GmbH (a company incorporated under German law) planned to incorporate ...
Does a board’s mismanagement in the Netherlands automatically constitute directors’ and officers’ liability?
If a director makes a mess of a company’s policy and is even held liable on the ...
Can Ahold Delhaize deprive its shareholders of their rights to express an opinion on protective structures?
In the Netherlands, protective structures for companies as a takeover defense ...
