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23 March 2018
Implementation of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive - Part II
On 6 March Parliament approved the virtually unchanged bill for the implementation of the European fourth anti-money laundering directive (in short: the 'Implementation Act') without too many questions and discussions, despite the necessary criticism. The only amendment to the proposal since the amending letter of 31 January (in which only minimal technical corrections have been made to the text) has been to double the fine that can be imposed on the institutions subject to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act ('Wwft').
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22 March 2018
HEUSSEN ADVISED KIDSFOUNDATION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SKS ALLES KIDS
HEUSSEN assisted KidsFoundation with the acquisition of SKS Alles Kids. SKS Alles Kids is a child care organization with 30 locations in the Netherlands. With the acquisition of SKS Alles Kids, KidsFoundation expands its activities in the Dutch child care business. KidsFoundation now has almost 300 locations in the Netherlands.
The HEUSSEN team consisted of [lawyer,ID=131,Name='Paul Josephus Jitta'], [lawyer,ID=277,Name='Thijs Butter'], [lawyer,ID=276,Name='Ernst ter Braak'], [lawyer,ID=262,Name='Corine Vos'] and [lawyer,ID=289,Name='Iris Hanssen'].
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3 March 2018
#metoo in employment law
Nils van Dijkman, our partner in the employment law practice and head of the Sweden Desk, was recently interviewed by "Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk". The subject was: #metoo in employment law. What do judges say about unacceptable sexual behavior and sexual harassment and what measures can an employer take to guarantee a safe working environment? In the interview Nils van Dijkman discusses some remarkable statements and provides practical tips for employers. Click here to watch the interview (in Dutch).
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2 March 2018
Deposit annual accounts in digital form
Legal entities are required to publish the annual accounts by filing them with the Chamber of Commerce. In the past, legal entities could either deposit the annual accounts in printed form or in digital form. Following the entry into force of the Decree of electronic filing (Besluit elektronische deponering handelsregister) on 1 July 2016, the Dutch trade register will no longer accept annual accounts in printed form.
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21 February 2018
HEUSSEN ADVISES ON ACQUISITION OF CAMERA WAREHOUSE
Heussen ([lawyer,ID=131,Name='Paul Josephus Jitta']) has supported Camera Warehouse with the sale of its physical shops in Amsterdam and Haarlem and the sale of its online store. These are purchased by the photography and video specialist, Kamera Express. The Parties see the takeover not only as an opportunity to achieve further growth, but in particular as a joining of forces. The collaboration between Camera Warehouse and Kamera Express will enable Kamera Express to expand its photography activities in the Dutch market.
Click here for the official press release (in Dutch) from Kamera Express.
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19 February 2018
HEUSSEN ADVISES KOKORO ON JOINING MAKERSTREET
Heussen (Paul A. Josephus Jitta) has supported Kokoro in the process of joining Makerstreet. During this process, Makerstreet has acquired an equity interest in Kokoro. Kokoro will remain an independent brand name. Makerstreet has all of the digital specialisms under one roof to enable brands, products and services to improve and differentiate themselves through digital excellence, digital production and innovation. The acquisition of Kokoro means a further expansion in the digital marketing sector .
Click here for the official press release from Kokoro (in Dutch).
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14 February 2018
Publicatie Anneke Pelser in HR Rendement - vraag en antwoord
Kan een vertrokken werknemer nog loon vorderen bij zijn ex-werkgever als daar met terugwerkende kracht het cao-loon verhoogd wordt?
News
7 February 2018
Evaluation of the Management and Supervision Act
The Management and Supervision (adjustment) Regulations Act Public and Private Companies (Wet bestuur en toezicht) (hereafter: the Act) entered into effect on 1 January 2013. During the parliamentary debate the Minister of Security and Justice had pledged that the Act was to be evaluated three years after it entered into effect. At the request of the Minister of Security and Justice the research was conducted by the University of Groningen and the results of the research were published on 15 December 2017. This article will address some of the research team’s conclusions and recommendations.
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7 February 2018
Interview met onze manager Duitse desk
Afgelopen week werd onze Duitse desk manager, Sandy van der Schaaf, geinterviewd door het blad Mr., een online platform en magazine over actuele zaken in de juridische wereld. De publicatie van het interview vindt u hier.
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7 February 2018
HEUSSEN ADVISES ADDERACARE AB (PUBL) WITH THE ACQUISITION OF HUKA B.V.
HEUSSEN assisted AdderaCare AB (Publ) with the acquisition of Huka B.V. Malmö (Sweden) based AdderaCare is a corporate group active in the accessibility and home care industry that acquires companies offering products that help people develop, feel better, and more easily manage their day-to-day lives. With the acquisition of Huka B.V. AdderaCare has set its first steps into the Dutch market. Huka B.V. develops a wide range of innovative bicycles and other forms of transport. The HEUSSEN team consisted of [lawyer,ID=104,Name='Stan Robbers'], [lawyer,ID=276,Name='Ernst ter Braak'] and [lawyer,ID=289,Name='Iris Hanssen']. The deal was closed on 1 February 2018.
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1 February 2018
Introduction of our new Head of China Desk
Heussen Law is pleased to announce that as of January 2018, Wendy Liu works as the Head of China Practice replacing Ying Cui.
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3 January 2018
#Metoo
The film actor Kevin Spacey, who is known for among other things his key role in the Netflix series House of Cards, found that his work dried up in a few days after he was accused of unacceptable sexual behaviour. Accusations of unacceptable sexual behaviour occur with some regularity on the work floor. Can an employee accused of unacceptable sexual behaviour be sacked?
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8 December 2017
Implementation of the Fourth Anti-money Laundering Directive
On 16 October, a legislative proposal was put before the Dutch Lower House for the implementation of the European fourth anti-money laundering directive (which we will refer to as the “implementation act” for the sake of brevity) that will lead to an amendment to the Wwft. The introduction of the legislative proposal is somewhat late as the directive should have been implemented by 26 June 2017.
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6 December 2017
The Netherlands Commercial Court
Towards the end of the year there are always legislative proposals that still need to be debated in Parliament. A good example of this is the legislative proposal regarding the establishment of the Netherlands Commercial Court (the ”NCC”) and the Netherlands Commercial Court of Appeal (the “NCCA”) that was submitted to Parliament on 17 July 2017.
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1 December 2017
NEW GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT LAW
Following the general elections in March 2017, the jointly governing Liberal Party finally concluded its negotiations with potential new coalition parties in September 2017 with the aim forming a new government. In October 2017 the newly formed coalition government published its plans for the next four years. A considerable number of these plans concern proposed changes in employment law.
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27 November 2017
Heussen advises child care organisation KidsFoundation with the acquisition of child care orgainsation Zus en Zo
Heussen (Paul A. Josephus Jitta, Ernst ter Braak and Thijs Butter) assisted child care organisation KidsFoundation with the acquisition of the Rotterdam based child care organisation Zus en Zo, with 26 locations. KidsFoundation is an affiliate of Smallsteps. Smallsteps has more than 220 locations in the Netherlands. With the acquisition of Zus en Zo, KidsFoundation expands its activities in the Dutch child care business.
For the official website of KidsFoundation, clicke here.
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8 November 2017
Transfer restrictions and the appointment of an independent expert
Since 1 October 2012, the obligated nature of transfer restrictions has been abolished for a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid).
Although the starting principle of the law is that transfer restrictions are applicable, it is possible to depart from this principle in the articles of association.
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10 October 2017
Mag een werkgever de e-mailbox van een werknemer controleren?
Het Europese Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens heeft op 5 september 2017 geoordeeld dat een werkgever slechts de e-mailbox van een werknemer mag controleren als i) de werkgever een gerechtvaardigd belang heeft om de e-mails te controleren; ii) er geen minder ingrijpende maatregel mogelijks is geweest en iii) als de werknemer vooraf van de controle in kennis is gesteld.
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4 October 2017
中荷社保协定实施
为了有效解决中国、荷兰两国在对方国工作的人员双重缴纳社会保险费的问题，通过多轮谈判，中荷两国政府于2016年9月12日正式签署了《中华人民共和国政府和荷兰王国政府社会保障协定》（以下简称《协定》）。中国人力资源社会保障部（以下简称“人社部”）与荷兰社会事务和就业部同日签署了《关于实施中华人民共和国政府和荷兰王国政府社会保障协定的谅解备忘录》（以下简称《谅解备忘录》）。双方商定，《协定》和《谅解备忘录》于2017年9月1日正式生效。
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11 September 2017
HEUSSEN advises VPK Nederland with the acquisition of Allround Packaging Group and Slippens Beheer
HEUSSEN assisted VPK Nederland, a subsidiary of VPK Packaging Group (VPK), with the acquisition of Allround Packaging Nederland and Slippens Beheer. With this acquisition, VPK expands its activities on the sustainable cardboard packaging industry. The HEUSSEN team consisted of Paul Josephus Jitta, Suzanne Beijersbergen and Ernst ter Braak. The deal was closed on 1 August 2017.
HEUSSEN advised VPK Packaging Group earlier this year with the acquisition of Solidpack.
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