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27 May 2025
The moratorium under the WHOA
The Act on the court approval of private restructuring plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, abbreviated as WHOA) makes it easier for a company in financial distress to sit down with its creditors and shareholders and make arrangements to restructure its debts. The annual report over 2023 of the group of specialised judges and staff tasked with implementing the WHOA (the WHOA Pool) shows, among other things, that in 2023, the moratorium (afkoelingsperiode) was the most frequently requested measure of all the restructuring tools offered by the WHOA.
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22 May 2025
Legislative proposal ACM Call-In Power Act: possible expansion of the scope of merger control supervision by the Dutch Competition Authority
On 18 March 2025, Members of the Dutch Parliament Julian Boshoff (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Daniëlle Jansen (Nieuw Sociaal Contract) introduced a legislative proposal seeking to expand the enforcement powers of the Dutch Competition Authority (known as the Autoriteit Consument & Markt or ACM). Specifically, the proposal aims to empower the ACM to call in concentrations that fall below the applicable turnover thresholds, where such concentrations could nonetheless significantly impede effective competition in the Dutch market or a part thereof.
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13 May 2025
Dutch Supreme Court: Helpling Cleaners were Temporary Agency Workers
On 11 April 2025 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that cleaners who worked through the online platform Helpling had a temporary agency contract (a specific type of employment contract) with Helpling. This confirms the earlier ruling by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
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28 March 2025
Preparation, adoption and publication of financial statements: what are the rules again?
Pursuant to Section 2:210 of the Civil Code, the management board of a private limited liability company (BV) or public limited company (NV) must prepare annual accounts and make them available for inspection at the company's offices within five months of the end of the financial year, subject to a maximum five-month extension on account of special circumstances.
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28 March 2025
HEUSSEN recognized as a ‘Leading Firm’ by The Legal500
HEUSSEN is proud to announce that we have once again been recognized as a Leading Firm in the latest Legal500 rankings. This recognition reflects the dedication, expertise, and hard work of our team, as well as the trust of our clients.
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24 March 2025
Proposed changes to the EU ESG legislation: the first Omnibus package
Recently, the European Commission proposed to simplify certain Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) legislation in order to facilitate competitiveness and unlock additional investment capacity of the European Union. As part of the ESG legislation, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance Regulation (EU Taxonomy Regulation) were adopted between the years 2020 and 2024.
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