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- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 10 November 2023 4 min
Completion of the liquidation due to lack of revenue: the creditor’s position
A creditor can apply for the liquidation of his debtor. Thereupon this liquidation can be completed if the revenue is insufficient to pay the liquidation costs. In that case the…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 24 September 2019 5 min
The “WHOA” – a forced scheme of arrangements under Dutch law – is coming soon!
Last summer the Court Approval of Private Composition Bill (“Wetsvoorstel Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord”, in short WHOA,) was submitted to the Second Chamber. The WHOA envisages…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 20 February 2019 3 min
When are you personally liable for your company’s debts in the Netherlands?
…liable for its own debts. However, this does not mean that directors can perform legal acts on their company’s behalf entirely risk-free. Especially not if the company is in…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 6 February 2019 3 min
Was a loan taken out privately or as the representative of a company in formation? Dutch Corporate Law Lawyer explains
…act on behalf of an entity, such as a private limited liability company or public limited liability company, if it has not yet been incorporated. However, this must be obvious to…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 24 September 2018 3 min
Was the liquidation order of a dissolved British limited company justified?
A British limited company, active in the Netherlands but incorporated under British law, had been deregistered from Companies House. A Dutch creditor then petitioned for the…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 1 August 2018 3 min
How the Dutch requirement to have decisions made outside the AGM recorded in writing works!
…shareholders (AGM) of a private limited company appoints its directors. An appointment decision may also be made outside the meeting. In that case, certain conditions apply, such…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 7 December 2017 4 min
Setting up a business in The Netherlands
…possible legal forms. For example, a Dutch private limited liability company or a public limited liability company? Dutch corporate lawyer Sander Schouten, owner at law firm AMS…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 22 November 2016 3 min
Substitute authorization for shareholders’ meeting
In the Netherlands, a shareholder can exert influence on the board in different ways. A shareholder now has the (relatively new) option to convene a shareholders’ meeting through…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 17 November 2016 4 min
Resolving a deadlock between shareholders
…the shares. In most cases these shareholders are also director. When the shareholders have a conflict (about the management of the company or the fact that one of the directors…
- General 15 August 2016 5 min
Golfer hits player on the head with golf ball: liable or own risk?
Golf may seem less dangerous than, say, football, but according to Golf Digest, more than 40,000 golfers are brought each year to A&E with bodily injuries. What is actually the…