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- Corporate law in The Netherlands 10 December 2016 3 min
Enterprise Division can overrule arbitration
…corporate lawyer Hidde Reitsma explains. Parties in deadlock Shareholder A and shareholder B, who each own 50% of the […]
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 9 September 2016 3 min
Director personally liable for debt to creditor?
Creditor X was ordered by the Dutch court to pay more than € 45,000 to a private limited company. Creditor X complied with this judgement. This judgement was overturned on appeal.…
- Debt collection in The Netherlands 19 July 2016 3 min
Record additional redemption loan agreements in addendum!
When entering into a loan agreement, it is important to carefully record in writing the agreements about the manner and the instalments of the redemption. Different interpretations…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 2 July 2016 5 min
Obligations of the board of management in a joint venture
A ruling of the Supreme Court addressed, among others, the position of the Enterprise Division and the responsibility of managing directors in a joint venture. The latter is…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 16 June 2016 4 min
Corporate opportunity: director not allowed to simply appropriate a corporate opportunity
In England and the US, the ‘corporate opportunity doctrine’ is well known. Not so much in The Netherlands. The Dutch Supreme Court is (as yet) afraid to rock the boat with regard…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 5 June 2016 2 min
Dismissal of managing directors in a Dutch limited company
The managing board in Dutch limited and public companies (“BV” and “NV”) consists of one or more managing directors. Legal entities are allowed to act as director, although their…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 17 May 2016 3 min
Directors liable for unlawful dividend distribution
…distributed practically its entire capital as a dividend to the shareholders, which meant that the bank could not […]
- Litigation 25 April 2016 6 min
How do proceedings in the Subdistrict Court work?
Each dispute, and therefore each legal action, is different. There are not only differences in the court that is competent in the first instance (the subdisctrict court or the…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 16 April 2016 4 min
No consistent dividend policy? Reason for an inquiry by the Enterprise Division!
A ruling of the Enterprise Division of the Court of Appeals of Amsterdam ordered an inquiry into, among others, the dividend policy of a family business. When does the Enterprise…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 10 March 2016 3 min
Is the limited dividend distribution mismanagement by the company?
A conflict between shareholders is never pleasant, especially if the shareholders are related. In a family business, business and personal interests can be intertwined. But if this…