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The Financieel Dagblad reported today that following the partial collapse of a parking garage floor at Eindhoven Airport two years ago, the calculation rules for existing buildings with wide-slab floors have been tightened. Building owners will even be required to conduct an inspection. Buildings in the highest risk category (consequence class) will have to be assessed by January 1, 2012. Until...

On September 23, 2019, Paula Schouten, Jasper Franke, and Tim Carapiet, members of the Wintertaling Startup Desk, participated in the Amsterdam Capital Tour XXL: the special Capital Tour by Night edition, as part of the Amsterdam Capital House (formerly Amsterdam Capital Week). This year, Wintertaling was once again a proud sponsor of this fantastic event that brings startups and capital together within...

Holland Capital invests in Valori. Investment firm Holland Capital has acquired a majority stake in Valori, the largest independent software testing and quality assurance provider in the Netherlands. With its chosen strategy, Valori aims to further strengthen its position in software testing and quality assurance and achieve a turnover of approximately EUR 50 million. Valori was founded...

Balanced Labor Market Act Workshop for temporary employment agencies (specifically back-office service providers/users) and payroll employers When: Thursday, August 22, 2019 Where: Wintertaling Attorneys & Civil-Law Notaries ………………. Antonio Vivaldistraat 66 ………………. 1083 HP Amsterdam 4:00 PM Doors open 4:30 PM...

A new Business Valuation program will begin at Nyenrode Business University in September 2019. Marein Smits of Wintertaling Attorneys and Civil-Law Notaries has been a lecturer in the Registered Valuator (RV) program at various institutions for 10 years. The program is aimed at professionals involved in valuing businesses and professionals who...

  On June 5, 2019, CICERO's National Moot Court Competition (CLP) took place in the Amsterdam courthouse. This competition is organized annually by the Amsterdam-based moot court society CICERO, of which Wintertaling is the main sponsor. Teams of law students from universities across the country gathered to showcase their moot court skills. The CLP is a speed-dating competition. Participants...

Earlier this year, MBrands BV (Mystic and Magic Marine) and North Technology Group (North Kiteboarding) decided to merge to form a new, dynamic company called North Actionsports Group. MBrands International was assisted by Marein Smits of Wintertaling lawyers and civil-law notaries. Marein was interviewed by Lawyer Monthly Magazine about this acquisition. You can read the interview here...

Background to the reason for a new form of expedited litigation: If a judge requires a swift assessment, summary proceedings can be initiated. Such summary proceedings can indeed take place at very short notice, in exceptional cases even within a few hours, in the evenings and on weekends (!) if the urgent interest is sufficiently acute. However well the function...

On Wednesday, May 8th, we'll be hosting another GO!-NH meeting. GO!-NH is an accelerator program from the Province of North Holland and Innomics. The program accelerates startups and innovation teams from large organizations in a three-month program, from an idea to a company ready to take innovative solutions to market. They will receive training, tools, and professional...

Marlies van Schoonhoven-Sloot, a tenancy law attorney and partner at Wintertaling, has been nominated by Magna Carta for the "Lawyer of the Year 2019" award in the tenancy law category. Cast your vote here. Voting is open until May 3, 2019. Marlies van Schoonhoven-Sloot has been a lawyer since 2002. She advises and litigates in real estate, focusing on tenancy law. Her clients include both providers...

Marlies van Schoonhoven-Sloot is on the cover of this month's Magna Carta Magazine, Lease Law Leading Lawyers. She has previously made a significant contribution to the magazine. In two separate videos for MC magazine, she discusses terminating a lease agreement based on urgent personal use and the value of a bank guarantee in bankruptcy. Read the online magazine here...

Onno Cusell will join the Corporate | M&A department of Wintertaling Advocaten en Notarissen (lawyers and civil-law notaries) effective March 1, 2019. With his arrival, the practice now boasts nine specialists and includes guidance on (international) transactions, investments, and shareholder issues. Cusell previously worked as a corporate lawyer at Sterel cs. See his listing in the...

Mr. Smid and his colleagues at Wintertaling advised the developer of this logistics center (35,000 m²) located in Vianen. The development was recently fully leased and is included in an institutional real estate portfolio of a foreign investor. Read the full article here on the PropertyNL website.

Judge will not lose authority if the State fails to meet Urgenda's demand. Edo Smid's opinion in the FD. In the February 16th edition of the FD, Edsard van der Werf argues that the judge in the Urgenda case should have helped prevent a confrontation between the judiciary and politicians. Such a confrontation would be inconsistent with the principle that the various branches of government must balance each other out on an equal footing.