28 March 2024

HEUSSEN RANKED IN THE LEGAL 500 ONCE AGAIN

HEUSSEN is proud to announce that it has been ranked in three practice areas in the 2024 EMEA edition of The Legal 500. The Legal 500 is a guide to the world’s leading law firms and lawyers and is focused on benchmarking law firms and lawyers on the basis of evaluation and feedback from clients and peers.

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14 March 2024

Bill 'Digital general meeting of private legal persons Act'

On 15 January 2024, the bill on digital general meetings of legal entities under private law was submitted to the Dutch Lower House. The bill provides for the possibility for Dutch legal entities under private law to hold general meetings by digital means only.

For more information, please contact: Rens M.R. Berrevoets

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1 February 2024

Do not wait too long to start the WHOA-proceedings

The Act on the court approval of private restructuring plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord or WHOA) makes it easier for a company in financial distress to sit down with its creditors and shareholders at the negotiating table in order to agree upon a reduction of its debt burden. These agreements are set out in a so-called private arrangement (onderhands akkoord). If not all creditors agree to this arrangement, it can be submitted to the court for ratification. If the court ratifies the arrangement (homologatie), the dissenting creditors will also be bound by the arrangement.

For more information, please contact: Christina F.J. Oudakker

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18 December 2023

New Reporting Obligation for Businesses Under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

As from October 12, 2023, certain undertakings within the European Union ("EU") that have received direct or indirect subsidies from non-EU member states are required to make a notification to the European Commission if they are involved in mergers, acquisitions, public procurement procedures or the establishment of joint ventures. This obligation arises from Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market ("Foreign Subsidies Regulation" or “FSR”), which came into effect on January 12, 2023. The primary objective of the FSR is to reduce the distortive effect of foreign subsidies on the European internal market.

For more information, please contact: Bart Pott

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6 November 2023

Understanding Litigation Costs

Legal costs can be a point of contention in a legal dispute. But what exactly are litigation costs, and how are they allocated in legal proceedings? Earlier, Luuk Rietveld wrote an article on Security for legal costs by foreign parties, in which the issue of cost allocation was introduced. This article delves deeper into the subject.

For more information, please contact: Luuk Rietveld

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3 October 2023

ACT ON DIGITAL INCORPORATION ENTERS INTO FORCE IN THE NETHERLANDS

As from 1 January 2024, it will be possible to electronically incorporate a Dutch private limited liability company (“BV”) in the Netherlands. The new act making this possible ensues from a European Directive which should have been transposed into Netherlands law by 1 August 2022, but, as is often the case, the Netherlands failed to meet this deadline.

For more information, please contact: Martina F.M. Priekaar

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