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Need for consultation with the Works Council with respect to a share transaction at the level of the holding company?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Netherlands
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  • May 6 2008

In general there will be a need to consult with the Works Council of a Dutch company with respect to a contemplated decision to sell and transfer the shares in the Dutch company

Obligation to hand over due diligence report?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Netherlands
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  • March 9 2007

As with many other jurisdictions, it is common practice in the Netherlands to carry out an extensive due diligence exercise on a target company prior to entering into a businessshare purchase contract or a contract regarding an investmentequity investment

European Court of Justice decision no abuse of the Merger Directive if the avoided tax is not covered by the directive

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • August 6 2010

On 20 May 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgment in the Modehuis Zwijnenburg case (C-35208) regarding the interpretation of the anti-avoidance provision in the EU Merger Directive (Directive

The Enterprise Chamber's decision on PCM

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Netherlands
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  • June 11 2010

The Enterprise Chamber of Amsterdam's Court of Appeal has given a decision whose implications extend beyond the companies involved in the case

Court rules during Canon’s USD 1bn public offer for Dutch company Océ

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • August 26 2010

Japanese company Canon made a USD 1bn public offer for Dutch copier producer Océ, and announced it would replace four out of Océ’s six supervisory directors if the bid was successful

Recent case law on publication of price-sensitive information (Super de Boer)

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • April 8 2011

On 30 March 2011, the Utrecht District Court delivered its decision in yet another case relating to the acquisition of food retailer Super de Boer by its rival Jumbo in 2009

Court confirms public takeover disclosure obligations

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Netherlands
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  • April 20 2011

In the Netherlands, a target company receiving a bid approach from a potential bidder has no legal obligation to disclose the approach immediately

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Zwijnenburg case: ECJ protects tax payer against to far fetching interpretation of anti-abuse provisions

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium, European Union, Netherlands
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  • June 4 2010

On 20 May 2010, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a ruling in the Modehuis A Zwijnenburg BV case regarding the application of the anti-abuse provision of the Tax Merger Directive

Non-business motivated loans under Dutch tax law

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Netherlands
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  • March 20 2012

Three recent decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court offer guidance on the treatment of loans for Dutch corporate income tax purposes