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- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 16 July 2025 3 min
Act Governing Transfer of Undertaking in Bankruptcy to Council of State
The protection of employees in bankruptcy has been a concern in the Netherlands for a long time. The starting point is that a trustee may dismiss employees pursuant to Section 40…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 4 October 2023 6 min
Big Bazar bankruptcy: implications for landlords, employees and suppliers
…who have been in charge of managing and settling the bankruptcy as of 00:00 on 26 September, 2023. Big Bazar’s bankruptcy has implications – many far-reaching – for the parties…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 30 August 2022 3 min
Turboliquidation – or bankruptcy?
…companies winding down business, the tension between bankruptcy and turbo-liquidation is again all the more relevant. How those two possibilities are related is the subject of two…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 30 April 2021 3 min
Director liable after bankruptcy due to manifestly improper management
…large number of themes concerning directors’ liability in bankruptcy were addressed. Corporate lawyer Marleen Jonckers discusses this fascinating case. The facts 40% of the shares…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 12 November 2018 3 min
Filing for bankruptcy to dismiss an employee free of charge: abuse of Dutch bankruptcy law?
…protection is virtually absent in the event of the employer’s bankruptcy. This can lead to the abuse of bankruptcy law. Dutch insolvency law lawyer Marco […]
- Dutch employment law 13 September 2017 4 min
Pre-pack bankruptcy is the transition of an enterprise in terms of employment law
The 22 June 2017 verdict by the European Court of Justice qualifies a pre-pack as the transition of an enterprise in terms of employment law. Because of this decision, the former…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 14 June 2016 3 min
Misuse of authority in company’s own bankruptcy application?
…Amsterdam, a dismissal of a company’s own application for bankruptcy was upheld in appeal. The Court of Appeal found that the authority of a company to apply for its own bankruptcy…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 19 October 2015 3 min
Bankruptcy possible after expedited dissolution of Ltd
…recent ruling the Court of Appeal of The Hague upheld the bankruptcy of a private limited company that had been declared in spite of the fact that the company had ceased to exist…
- Insolvency law in The Netherlands 14 May 2014 3 min
Directors’ and officers’ liability in bankruptcy due to breach of accounting obligation
…and officers can be held liable for all debts of the bankruptcy. This applies in cases of improper management. The trustee shall always investigate this and if necessary shall…
- Corporate law in The Netherlands 25 November 2025 3 min
The Party Autonomy Rule of Article 32a of the Code of Civil Procedure: when does the NCC have jurisdiction?
Whose party is this? NCC further discusses Article 32a of the Code of Civil Procedure Earlier this year, we published a three-part series on the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC).…