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Cross-border restructurings (mergers ( fusies ), demergers ( splitsingen ) and conversions ( omzettingen )) are extensive procedures that not only require intensive coordination with foreign counsels...

Cross-border restructurings (mergers ( fusies ), demergers ( splitsingen ) and conversions ( omzettingen )) are extensive procedures that not only require intensive coordination with foreign counsels...

That was the question answered by the Supreme Court on July 4, 2025 ( ECLI:NL:HR:2025:1082 ). The injured party in question was seriously injured as a passenger in a single-vehicle traffic accident...

Last Friday, July 11, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled ( ECLI:NL:HR:2025:1140 ) in a case in which a university lecturer's employment contract was terminated due to a disrupted working relationship. In...

On July 7, 2025, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment submitted the bill on clarification of the assessment of employment relationships and legal presumption (“Vbar”) to the House of...

Are BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) providers subject to the rules of Directive 2008/48/EC (the Consumer Credit Directive)? If so, these providers are required, among other things, to provide consumers with...

On March 27, 2025, the internet consultation on the Act implementing the Directive on pay transparency between men and women commenced. What is the purpose of the Pay Transparency Directive? Women in...

On June 28, 2025, the implementation law and the implementation decree of the European Accessibility Act (EU 2019/882) (the “ Accessibility Directive”) will come into force. The Accessibility...

That is the question now before the Supreme Court and on which the opinion of Advocate General Hartlief was recently published. The injured party in question suffered very serious injuries in a single...

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“ CSDDD”) imposes obligations on large companies to conduct due diligence within the company, its subsidiaries, and with suppliers (upstream) and...

Developments in the field of tackling false self-employment follow each other in rapid succession. Last week we wrote about the review framework recently published by the Tax Authorities for lifting...

On 1 November 2024, the Tax Authority published the Explanatory Memorandum on Assessment of Employment Relationships (in Dutch). This decision and consideration framework is important now that the Tax...