What a foreign founder should look for in a Dutch lawyer before incorporating: BV or branch, what the notary does not do, and the obligations that follow.
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An ordered index of every guide we have written on Immigration law in the Netherlands.
Dutch Immigration Law Guides: Every Article by Topic Read More »
An ordered index of every guide we have written on Civil law in the Netherlands.
Dutch Civil Law Guides: Every Article by Topic Read More »
An ordered index of every guide we have written on Corporate law in the Netherlands.
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The Dutch start-up residence permit (verblijfsvergunning voor buitenlandse start-ups, informally the startupvisum) gives a founder from outside the EU one year in the Netherlands to build an innovative business under the guidance of a recognised facilitator. It is not a points-scored permit and not an investor visa. This article sets out what it is, what
Start-up visa Netherlands: the residence permit for foreign founders Read More »
If someone in the Netherlands owes you a few thousand euros and has stopped replying, you have two realistic routes: a claim before the Dutch subdistrict court, the kantonrechter, where you may represent yourself, or the European Small Claims Procedure, a written route for cross-border claims up to EUR 5,000. This article explains both, what
If you are living in the Netherlands on a residence permit and thinking about a Dutch passport, you have probably read that the residence requirement is about to double. That reporting was accurate when written, but it has been overtaken by events. This article sets out what the law requires as at 29 August 2026,
If you hold a Dutch residence permit for a non-temporary purpose, you are probably under a statutory duty to integrate. That duty ends in an exam, and the exam has a level. Whether that level is A2 or B1 depends on which Act you fall under and, under the current Act, on the learning route
The highly skilled migrant scheme (kennismigrantenregeling) is the route by which most non-EU professionals come to work in the Netherlands. It is fast but conditional: the employer must already be a recognised sponsor, and the salary must reach a threshold re-set every January. This page explains the mechanism behind that threshold, where the figures in
Almost every application made from outside the Netherlands runs through the same gate: the provisional residence permit, known by its Dutch abbreviation mvv (machtiging tot voorlopig verblijf), applied for through the entry and residence procedure, or TEV (Toegang en Verblijf). This article explains what an mvv is, who needs one, who does not, how the
The mvv and the TEV procedure: how entry and residence in the Netherlands actually works Read More »
The 30% ruling (30%-regeling, officially the expatregeling since 2024) lets a Dutch employer pay part of an incoming employee’s salary free of wage tax. It has been changed repeatedly in three years, and some of those changes were themselves reversed. This article sets out what applies in 2026, what applies from 1 January 2027, and
The 30% ruling in the Netherlands: conditions, term and the change to 27% Read More »
Talks that ran for months, a deal everyone assumed was done, and then one side walks away. The question that follows is always the same: can they simply do that, and who pays for the work already done? Dutch law gives a clear answer, and it is not the one most people expect. The starting
Breaking Off Negotiations under Dutch Law: When Does It Cost You? Read More »
What you buy in a Dutch doorstart, who decides, where the workforce risk sits and why the pre-pack remains uncertain after Heiploeg.
Restarting a business out of a Dutch bankruptcy: how it works and where the risks sit Read More »
A Dutch suspension of payments gives breathing space but does not bind every creditor. What it does, what it costs, and when the WHOA is the better route.
If your counterparty is declared bankrupt during proceedings, your claim for payment of money is stayed by operation of law and your claim is then established through the trustee in bankruptcy instead. In a suspension of payments or in a Dutch scheme procedure under the WHOA, your proceedings in principle continue; what is affected there
Your counterparty becomes insolvent: what happens to your court case? Read More »
A merger or acquisition is usually dominated by strategy, financing and competition law considerations. Yet there is also an important social dimension: the involvement of employees and their representative organisations. The SER Merger Code 2015 (SER-Fusiegedragsregels 2015) — also known as the Merger Code — requires merging parties to inform trade unions in good time
SER Merger Code 2015: what merging parties need to know Read More »
A long-term business relationship does not need to be recorded in writing to have legal consequences. This follows from a ruling of the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland (Central Netherlands District Court) of 22 October 2025 (ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2025:6129), concerning a collaboration between a Dutch publisher of a magazine about classic cars and a Swiss publishing house. The parties had
Terminating an Oral Continuing Agreement: What the Court Ruled Read More »
A legal merger only takes effect the day after the notarial deed, but accounting retroactive effect lets you set an earlier hinge date. Learn how this works, its tax treatment, and the six-month pitfall in the merger proposal’s financial documents.
A shareholder dispute in a Dutch BV is settled along four routes: the shareholders agreement and the articles of association, negotiation or mediation, the statutory dispute rules for a forced buy-out or a forced exit, and inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer). Since 1 January 2025 the Enterprise Chamber hears both the statutory dispute
Shareholder disputes in the Netherlands: routes, thresholds and remedies Read More »
Most residence permit applications that fail do not fail because the applicant was ineligible. They fail on documentation, on procedure, or on a misreading of which permit category applied in the first place — and an IND decision letter rarely explains what a better application would have looked like. An immigration lawyer earns the fee
The Key Benefits of Hiring an Immigration Lawyer in the Netherlands Read More »
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