The Annual General Meeting and Covid-19.
The legal obligation to hold a general meeting at least once a year and to approve the annual accounts remains in effect. How best to handle this while also adhering to social distancing depends on your situation and your articles of association. In this article, we describe the current situation […]
Emergency legislation: possible issues regarding general meetings
On April 3, the Ministry of Justice and Security announced emergency legislation to "solve practical problems resulting from the coronavirus crisis." Part of this emergency legislation is that the board can determine that the general meeting can only be followed via livestream, with the condition that members and shareholders are present during […]
Ultra-vague UBO legislation will affect almost all directors.
No one seems happy about it, but it's coming anyway: the UBO register. This list of directors originated in Brussels and is intended to reduce the risk of financial and economic crimes in all EU member states and increase public transparency by providing insight into who is pulling the strings at legal entities. Also […]
What are the consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) for entrepreneurs?
The impact of the coronavirus is currently being felt by everyone worldwide. Significant uncertainty about the duration of virus-related measures and the ever-increasing tightening of restrictions are raising many questions for entrepreneurs. Frequently asked questions include: Can I invoke force majeure if I cannot comply due to these circumstances? Can I […]
Supervision: interesting and essential – article by Marein Smits in Fambizz
Supervision within family businesses has its own unique dynamic. Formalizing it is Marein Smits' specialty. In her view, the familiar kitchen table may create a sympathetic image, but when a dispute arises, the family business has nothing to fall back on. Fambizz spoke with her about issues such as business succession and the position of "the […]
UBO event report – November 26, 2019
UBO register: game changer. On November 26, 2019, Onno Cusell and Dennis Evertsz, representing Wintertaling, along with Tony de Bree, gave a presentation on the upcoming UBO legislation and regulations. The presentation focused on the content of the UBO register, the privacy of individuals and companies included in it, and how […]
Internet consultation on the Dispute Resolution Act
On August 22, 2019, the preliminary draft of the Act amending the dispute settlement procedure and clarifying the admissibility requirements for the inquiry procedure was published. The preliminary draft aims to make the dispute settlement procedure more effective and to clarify the conditions for access to the inquiry procedure. The online consultation on this bill was open until November 22, 2019. On behalf of Wintertaling, Marein […]
Workshop GO!-NH – November 19, 2019
Wintertaling partner of GO!-NH On November 19, 2019, Wintertaling, together with Leapfunder, presented a presentation and workshop on the legal and economic aspects of startups and financing for the fourth time, as part of the GO!-NH accelerator program. GO!-NH is the program of the province of North Holland in which 13 startups and spinoffs are […]
Bill on the Approval of Private Agreements (WHOA)
The proposal for a Private Composition Scheme Act (WHOA), submitted on July 5, 2019, provides the possibility for a company threatened with insolvency to impose a compulsory composition on its creditors and shareholders, outside of suspension of payments and bankruptcy. The WHOA proposal is inspired by the British Scheme of Arrangement and the […]
Sympower raises €3 million in Series A funding round
Sympower raises €3 million in Series A financing round. Sympower, an international scale-up in the energy transition, has raised €3 million in a Series A financing round from Dutch investment funds Social Impact Ventures and Participatiefonds Duurzame Economie Noord-Holland (PDENH), existing investors, and its own team. The investment will finance international expansion to further impact the […]
