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Converium: Dutch court has jurisdiction to declare an international collective settlement of mass claims binding

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • Netherlands, USA
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  • November 16 2010

On 12 November 2010, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal delivered an important decision regarding an international collective settlement of mass claims using the Shell decision as a precedent

Dutch Supreme Court accepts floating charge

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
  • -
  • February 6 2012

In recent years Dutch banks have established a practice of creating undisclosed rights of pledge (stil pandrecht) on all current and future receivables of their borrowers in an easy way and without the borrower's involvement

Recognition of a US class action settlement in the Netherlands (Royal Ahold N.V.)

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands, USA
  • -
  • June 28 2010

A landmark decision was handed down by the Amsterdam District Court on 23 June 2010 regarding the international collective settlement of mass claims

Converium: Dutch court declares an international collective settlement binding

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • -
  • Netherlands, USA
  • -
  • January 18 2012

On 17 January 2012, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal declared an international collective settlement binding in a case where none of the potentially liable parties and only a limited number of the potential claimants were domiciled in the Netherlands

Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York confirms: low threshold for foreign debtors to use chapter 11

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands, USA
  • -
  • October 27 2011

On Friday 21 October 2011, the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York handed down an important decision, confirming that foreign (groups of) companies can use Chapter 11 without any significant threshold as to their nexus with the United States