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October 28, 2025

The shareholders’ agreement: what if agreements are not kept?

2023-02-13T14:35:25+01:0028 November 2019|enterprise and business, news, posts, specialist areas|

In my previous contributions "A shareholder agreement to make your startup investor-proof" and "The shareholder agreement: some practical tips" I already wrote about the usefulness and necessity of the shareholder agreement. In order to avoid conflicts with, for example, future investors, it is wise to make good agreements about the cooperation. Not only agreements about the positive aspects of the cooperation, but above all agreements about what should happen if the cooperation does not go as expected.

Bill on Homologation Private Placement Significant change in insolvency law is imminent

2023-02-13T14:35:33+01:0014 November 2019|companies in financial distress, enterprise and business, news, posts, specialist areas|

A very important change in insolvency law is imminent. This change concerns the possibility of a debtor's offering a composition to creditors. In the current situation, there is only an arrangement for the compulsory imposition by the court of an arrangement with creditors in suspension of payments or bankruptcy. In the Bill on the Homologation of Private Agreements (WHOA), the possibility has been included that a compulsory composition without a moratorium or bankruptcy can be concluded. This will drastically change the possibilities for resolving problematic debts. This change is important for debtors, but also for their providers of capital, such as creditors and shareholders.

TRADE SECRETS ACT: Good news for enterprises!

2023-02-13T14:35:41+01:007 November 2019|employees, enterprise and business, news, posts, specialist areas|

As you all know the introduction of the Data Protection Regulation (2016/679 with effect on 25th May 2018 had a substantial impact on enterprises on all levels, and received a lot of attention. Shortly after, another act was implemented in the Netherlands which also puts the trade secrets of organization on the map and gives enterprises a competitive advantage.

When can a buyer of a property address the seller for a hidden defect?

2019-09-10T12:23:28+02:0010 September 2019|commercial property and investment, enterprise and real estate, news, posts, specialist areas|

When you buy an (old) house, you buy it in the condition it is then in. This means including all visible and invisible defects. If it turns out that there is a defect after the purchase, this is in principle at the buyer's risk. This sounds logical. Nevertheless, there are conceivable situations in which the buyer can hold the seller liable for the costs of repairing the defect. In this article I explain when this can be the case.

Reimbursement of extrajudicial costs: what is possible?

2022-08-22T08:08:39+02:0017 May 2019|news, posts|

What are extrajudicial costs and what costs can you recover from a business partner? These 2 questions are in fact addressed in every case where I assist a client who wants to recover a claim. In most cases we first look at whether a case can be solved out of court. In this process - before we go to court - the so-called extrajudicial costs are incurred for, among other things, writing to and consultation with the other party or his lawyer.

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