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The Wintertaling team, led by Marein and Smits, is proud to assist SPIE Netherlands in its negotiations with Strukton regarding the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere. This acquisition will make SPIE the largest multi-technical service provider in the Netherlands, with a turnover of over €1.2 billion. Wintertaling is now working towards the completion of the acquisition,...
Wonderflow, a leading unified VoC analytics platform, has raised €20 million in a Series B investment round from Canadian investment fund Klass Capital and existing investors. The funding will be used to strengthen Wonderflow's leadership in creating and distributing predictive technologies based on VoC. The company aims to expand its position in the European market...
We are proud to announce that we are one of the participating firms in the VU Startup Clinic. In this minor, law students can gain practical experience by providing legal advice to tech startups under the guidance of experienced lawyers. Tim Carapiet of Corporate M&A, specializing in startups, will be one of the supervising lawyers. For more information, please visit the website...
On October 15, 2020, Dijkstra Vereenigde, a manufacturer and distributor of glass packaging and laboratory equipment based in Lelystad, was acquired by Gaasch Packaging, part of the Luxembourg family holding company Industrial Packaging Group (IPG) (link). Dijkstra Vereenigde received legal advice during the acquisition from Marein Smits, Tim Carapiet, and Onno Cusell of Wintertaling Corporate...
On September 10th, Wintertaling hosted a tapas party on the office's rooftop garden. Despite COVID-19 restrictions and the 1.5-meter social distancing, it was a convivial get-together where people reconnected after a long time. The evening was all about catching up and networking with old and new acquaintances. Besides the atmospherically decorated rooftop garden and the sunny weather, the sangria gave the party a Spanish touch. We...
Wintertaling congratulates Esra Koopman and Jordy Mesman, who were sworn in as lawyers in the Amsterdam District Court in August. They will now begin working as trainee lawyers, Esra under the supervision of Marein Smits in Corporate M&A and Jordy under the supervision of Wilfred Groustra in Real Estate and Employment Law.
Yesterday in the FD: Acquisition of Davinci by Dutch fintech Ohpen. The notarial support for this transaction was handled by Sabine van Suijdam (notary), Paula Schouten (candidate notary), and Jasper Franke (candidate notary) of Wintertaling. https://fd.nl/beurs/1356397/nederlandse-fintech-ohpen-rekent-op-sterke-groei-na-miljoenenovername
Marein Smits, partner at Wintertaling and specializing in Corporate M&A, is a core lecturer in Law for the Business Valuation program at Nyenrode Business University. Nyenrode Business University is hosting an information session for this program on September 2nd, starting at 6:00 PM, which Marein will also be attending. Why Business Valuation? There are quite a few situations conceivable where the economic value of a company...
Wintertaling is a proud partner of Capital Tour Online 2020! Capital Tour Online 2020 connects startups with investors, ensuring great ideas can flourish! This coming Tuesday, June 30, 2020, we will guide startups through meetings with investors. View the program at https://www.capitaltourxxl.com/program/. Want to join? Tickets are available here:...
On June 10th, Wintertaling, along with Rutger Kemper (co-founder of Leapfunder, managing director of Presidents Institute), participated in the GO!-NH accelerator program for the fifth time. This time, they provided one-on-one sessions on the legal and economic aspects of startups and financing. This was followed by a combined webinar where the startups were informed...
DSA – Restartup - Wintertaling and the Dutch Startup Association support startups in times of Corona
The Dutch Startup Association, the advocacy group for Startup-Nederland, has launched ReStartup, connecting DSA partners with startups in need of advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wintertaling is pleased to support this initiative and provide advice to several startups. For more information about how Wintertaling can help your startup or scaleup,...
In the case of a private limited company (BV) or unlisted public limited company (NV), a natural person who directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the shares, voting rights, or ownership interest in the company must be considered the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO). In practice, however, it is not always easy for a legal entity to determine the UBO. This is illustrated below...
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 situation under current law. Emergency legislation is currently being developed...
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, provided that members and shareholders are present during the meeting or in advance...
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 in charge of legal entities. This includes directors of foundations, associations, and religious denominations...
Collaboration Day Rivierenland
On Tuesday, September 12, Tim Carapiet-Petit of Wintertaling participated as an expert in the Collaboration Day of the Rivierenland Innovation Accelerator. 13 startups,
September 13, 2023
Annotation for JOR by Mr. AS Frommelt
Our partner Sandra Frommelt recently wrote an annotation for the JOR on a ruling by the Amsterdam District Court (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2022:6001). In it, Sandra writes:
March 20, 2023
More than half of dikes fail to meet safety standard
Research has shown that due to climate change, Dutch dikes will not meet safety standards in 2050
March 13, 2023
BNR Doing Business with Marein Smits
On August 25, 2022, Marein Smits, CEO of Wintertaling, was a guest at BNR Zakendoen and they discussed employee participation culture
August 30, 2022
Wintertaling advises Sympower on attracting $22M VC investment
Wintertaling advised Sympower on attracting an investment of $ 22 million from a group of five
July 20, 2022
Amsterdam Capital House 2022: Wintertaling presents your Legal guide to startup financing
As part of the @Amsterdam Capital House 2022 #ACH22 program, @Tim Carapiet of @Wintertaling is presenting a live online session
March 21, 2022
UBO Deadline March 27
Companies and other organizations must have registered their Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO) with the Chamber of Commerce by March 27, 2022. If
March 9, 2022
Wintertaling advises owners on the sale of Rompslomp
The Wintertaling team, led by Tim Carapiet, is proud to assist the founders and owners with the
January 27, 2022
Marein Smits joins the Brookz500 interview
Last week an article appeared in Brookz500 in which Marein Smits sat down to discuss the developments of the past 1.5 years in the takeover market.
December 3, 2021
Wintertaling advises SPIE on the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere
The Wintertaling team, led by Marein Smits, is proud to assist SPIE Nederland in its negotiations with Strukton regarding the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere.
November 12, 2021
Wonderflow secures funding in successful series B
Wonderflow, a leading unified VoC analytics platform, has raised €20 million in a Series B investment round from the Canadian investment fund
July 6, 2021
Wintertaling partner of the VU Startup Clinic!
We are proud to announce that we are one of the participating offices of the VU Startup Clinic.
June 25, 2021
