Hidde Reitsma

When are you personally liable for your company’s debts in the Netherlands?

An essential principle of Dutch company law is that a company is liable for its ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Directors liable for the looting of the bank account of a Dutch private limited company?

In the Netherlands, a company will in principle be liable for its inability to ...

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Marco Guit

Was a loan taken out privately or as the representative of a company in formation? Dutch Corporate Law Lawyer explains

In the Netherlands, it is possible to act on behalf of an entity, such as a private ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Who can vote at an AGM in the Netherlands?

A shareholders’ resolution is a resolution that is adopted by the AGM, in other ...

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Onno Hennis
Litigation

Dutch court declared itself incompetent because of a valid arbitration clause

Parties increasingly agree that they will settle any disputes that may arise between ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Is offering knock-down prices on Social Deal without the franchisor’s permission allowed in the Netherlands?

A franchisee of the Dutch slimming studio Size Zero put up cheap deals for slimming ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Attention! Freelancers in the Netherlands should put down their fees in writing

There are nearly one million self-employed workers without employees in the Netherlands. ...

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Thomas van Vugt
Litigation

Requirements for demanding the production of exhibits in the Netherlands

A Dutch woman was left with permanent brain damage after a fall in wellness centre ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Cancellation of loan agreement and requirements of reasonableness and fairness in the Netherlands

The basic principle of Dutch contract law is that agreements that have been concluded ...

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Onno Hennis
Litigation

Dutch Supreme Court upholds CHF 402 million arbitral award in proceedings between Tiffany & Co. and Swatch

The Dutch Supreme Court delivered judgment in the annulment proceedings initiated ...

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Thomas van Vugt
Litigation

What costs can you expect if you want to take legal action in the Netherlands?

Unfortunately, being in the right is often rather different from getting the law ...

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Hidde Reitsma

How is compensation for copyright infringement determined in the Netherlands?

A dispute about copyright infringement goes beyond establishing that the copyrights ...

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Marco Guit

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 ...

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Hidde Reitsma

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 ...

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Onno Hennis

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 ...

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Onno Hennis

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 ...

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Thomas van Vugt

General Terms and Conditions: The Brussels I Regulation

A Dutch wholesaler and a Polish company had become involved in a dispute. The ...

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Hidde Reitsma

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 ...

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Sander Schouten

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 ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Was the liquidation order of a dissolved British limited company justified?

A British limited company, active in the Netherlands but incorporated under British ...

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