Obligations of the board of management in a joint venture
A ruling of the Supreme Court addressed, among others, the position of the Enterprise ...
Corporate opportunity: director not allowed to simply appropriate a corporate opportunity
In England and the US, the ‘corporate opportunity doctrine’ is well known. Not ...
Right to claim in undivided community in commercial partnership
If a commercial partnership (VOF) is terminated, there is often a debate about ...
Dismissal of managing directors in a Dutch limited company
The managing board in Dutch limited and public companies (“BV” and ...
Netherlands Commercial Court shall open its doors in 2017
Following on from several global commercial centres (London, Dublin, Singapore, ...
Directors liable for unlawful dividend distribution
The Dutch bank demanded joint and several liability from a third party for financing ...
No consistent dividend policy? Reason for an inquiry by the Enterprise Division!
A recent ruling of the Enterprise Division of the Court of Appeals of Amsterdam ...
Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in The Netherlands
In a recent case the Dutch Supreme Court had to consider whether a Russian arbitral ...
Is the limited dividend distribution mismanagement by the company?
A conflict between shareholders is never pleasant, especially if the shareholders ...
Buy out of shareholders in The Netherlands
The Dutch Civil Code offers detailed but complex proceedings on the buy out of ...
Eviction of squatters by preliminary relief judge
When dealing with a squatted property, the quickest (and often easiest) way to ...
Is the director of a company liable if shares are not paid up in full?
Before the introduction of the Flex-BV in 2012, the director of a private company ...
Director liable for price loss investors
The court of Amsterdam recently delivered an interesting ruling about the liability ...
Company acquisition in the Netherlands
There are different ways to transfer a company from one owner to another. What ...
Best efforts obligation in earn-out arrangement? AMS explains!
An earn-out arrangement is a type of deferred payment of the purchase price that ...
Agreeing to exclusivity in franchise agreement is very important!
A common part of a franchise agreement is the purchase obligation, in which the ...
Deadlock in shareholders meeting: inquiry proceedings?
In so-called inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam ...
Breaking a deadlock in the board of a Dutch company? Inquiry proceedings can solve this!
A difference of opinion within the board of a company can be resolved by a vote ...
Liability of director versus shareholder: this is how it works!
A director who also holds all the shares of a company, wears two different hats ...
Dutch inquiry proceedings into limited: who has right to request them?
According to Dutch corporate law shareholders and depository receipt holders have ...
