正在制定召开虚拟股东大会的紧急法案
2020年4月3日，大臣会议宣布，将会制定紧急立法，允许所有法律实体召开虚拟股东大会。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Thijs L. Butter
并购与COVID-19：在新冠疫情期间及后疫情期间的尽职调查
进行适当的尽职调查是一项收购中的关键环节。在新冠危机或后新冠时期进行尽职调查需要考虑哪些具体的因素？
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Suzanne S. Beijersbergen
保留就业机会临时性紧急过度措施（NOW） 申请步骤图
保留就业机会临时性紧急过度措施（NOW）
申请步骤图
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Niels van Gelder
REMINDER: AS FROM 1 APRIL 2020, COMPENSATION CAN BE CLAIMED FROM THE UWV FOR THE STATUTORY TRANSITION ALLOWANCE PAID TO AN ILL EMPLOYEE.
If the employment contract of an ill employee is terminated after the mandatory period of 104 weeks during which an entitlement to continued payment of salary has lapsed, the employee will be entitled to a statutory transition allowance (“transitievergoeding”). As of 1 April 2020, employers may claim compensation for statutory transition allowance paid to its ill employees.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Suzanne Gerritse
商业合同与新冠病毒：何时能够成功提出不可抗力抗辩？
但是，如果由于新冠病毒无法履行合同义务，例如向您的客户提供货品，那应该怎么办？您的客户是否能够据此要求您进行赔偿？您是否可以成功地提起不可抗力的抗辩？如果抗辩成功会带来什么样的后果？
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Stef T. van Heezik
政府公布保留就业机会临时性紧急过渡措施（“NOW”）细则
昨天，政府公布了保留就业机会临时性紧急过渡措施（“NOW”，“过渡措施”）的细则。过渡措施的目的旨在尽可能地通过补贴，支持企业继续维持与现有员工的劳动关系。如果营业额损失超过20%，则企业可以获得为期三个月的工资成本补贴，具体补贴金额根据企业的营业额损失按比例确定。预计该等补贴可以自2020年4月6日起申请，至2020年5月31日。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
并购与COVID-19：新冠病毒下的购买价格机制
在荷兰的并购业务中，新冠带来的后果也很明显。本文的核心问题是公司的买方该如何应对由于当前危机在未来所产生的不确定性。买方应如何额外注意一些什么？有什么方法可以尽可能地降低买方在未来的不确定性？
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Rens M.R. Berrevoets
SANDY VAN DER SCHAAF CONTRIBUTED THE “NETHERLANDS” SECTION TO THE CRYPTOASSETS REPORT BY BURGES SALMON.
Sandy van der Schaaf, senior associate in our banking and finance practice has contributed the “Netherlands” section to the report ‘Cryptoassets: A UK and European perspective on the regulation of cryptoassets ’by Burges Salmon.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sandy van der Schaaf
保留就业机会临时性紧急过渡措施（“NOW”）的更新
请见如下更新，但目前尚且不能办理工资成本的补贴申请。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
COVID 19 - HEUSSEN information
Our office is currently closed to the public, but we will continue to offer our services from our home office and virtually as much as possible, but in any case with the same quality. Your questions on the subject of "Corona and your company" have been given special priority. You will find up-to-date information on our website.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Nils E.W. van Dijkman
新冠危机期间保护就业与经济的最新举措
2020年3月17日，荷兰政府出台了保护就业与经济的一揽子紧急政策，其中包括一系列措施旨在“保护健康的同时，保护就业与收入，并缓解对自雇人员、中小型创业者及大公司所造成的经济损失”。该等措施将通过灵活的税收政策、补贴以及更多的贷款机会来确保企业能够继续向其雇员支付工资、为自雇人员提供短期资助，并保障企业能够继续持有资金。我们将在如下的介绍中大致概述荷兰政府出台的相关措施。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Rens M.R. Berrevoets
对于未生病但仍因新冠缺勤的员工，雇主有义务继续支付工资吗？
最近的事态发展带来了一个新的问题，即如果雇员没有生病但仍然不愿或不能工作，雇主是否有义务继续支付工资，以及在何种程度上继续支付工资。在下文中，我们将讨论多种情况以及相应的缺勤情况。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
引入保留工作的临时紧急过渡性措施：受新冠影响的荷兰雇主的劳动力成本显著降低
昨晚，荷兰政府宣布了更全面的补偿计划。由此，雇主无法再申请缩短工作时间的许可证。已经提交的申请将根据新计划进行处理。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
因新冠病毒导致的工作量减少，荷兰雇主可节省劳动力成本
荷兰内阁已将新冠病毒归类为非正常企业风险的特殊情况。这意味着，应对因新冠病毒传播而导致财务问题的荷兰公司可以向社会事务和就业部申请缩短工作时间许可。减少工作时间后，由荷兰劳工局（UWV）就非工作时间支付失业救济金（荷兰语为“WW-uitkering”）。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
Heussen’s M&A lawyer Suzanne Beijersbergen first place on the list of female dealmakers in the Netherlands
Suzanne Beijersbergen was involved in 19 deals during 2019, and consequently listed no. 1 in the list of female dealmakers who were most involved in M&A transactions published by M&A Community. Suzanne assisted various clients in our international network, including ZetaDisplay and Anticimex.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Suzanne S. Beijersbergen
Bill on the management and supervision of legal entities adopted by Lower House of Parliament
On 28 January 2020, the Lower House of Parliament adopted the proposal to amend the Dutch Civil Code in connection with the standardization and clarification of certain provisions concerning the management board and the supervisory board of legal entities (Management and Supervision of Legal Entities Act).
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Mandisa Benjamin
荷盛律师事务所为在荷中资企业解读平衡劳动力市场法案
荷盛律师事务所（HEUSSEN）于1月16日下午在阿姆斯特丹举办了中国事务部成立十周年系列讲座第二期。劳动法部门合伙人Nils van Dijkman、劳动法部门律师Sam van Well与中国事务部主管刘雯璟（Wendy Liu）一同为在座的中资企业解读了2020年起施行的新劳动法法案修订的主要内容。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Wendy Liu
The Supreme Court rules on the unilateral amendment of employment conditions by the employer
In principle, an employer can unilaterally (i.e. without the employee’s consent) amend the terms and conditions of employment in two manners. The second option - the unilateral amendment of terms and conditions of employment by means of an agreed unilateral amendment clause - was recently the subject of a ruling of the Supreme Court.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Sam E.J.M. van Well
Interpreting articles of association of a joint venture company: objectively or subjectively?
The articles of association of a company form the basic rules of the company. In many cases, the relevant statutory provisions are followed when drawing up the articles of association, but in other cases the statutory provisions are deviated from. The meaning to be assigned to a provision in articles of association depends on how the provision is to be interpreted.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Tim B. Schreuders
MARTIJN KOOT AND SANDY VAN DER SCHAAF CONTRIBUTED THE "THE NETHERLANDS" CHAPTER TO THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE ACQUISITION AND LEVERAGED FINANCE REVIEW
The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review, one of the guides of The Law Reviews, published by Law Business Research Limited, provides a business-focused legal analysis of and insight in the acquisition and leveraged finance practice in key jurisdictions worldwide. Martijn Koot, partner in our banking and finance practice and in our corporate law practice and Sandy van der Schaaf, senior associate in our banking and finance practice contributed the “The Netherlands” chapter to the sixth edition of The Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Review.
The Loser Pays (Everything?)
A commonly raised question – especially in the international commercial practice – is how litigation costs are dealt with in the Netherlands. In other words: can the prevailing party recover all incurred costs from the losing party?
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Herman Ruiter
Bill to introduce the UBO-register adopted by the Lower House of Parliament.
On 10 December last, the Lower House of Parliament approved the bill for the introduction of the UBO-register (the bill entitled "Implementation Act for Registration of ultimate stakeholders of companies and other legal entities"). However, entry into force of the Act can only take place after approval of the bill by the Senate, where it is currently still being debated. The originally planned entry into force at the beginning of January 2020 will therefore not be achieved. The UBO-register is expected to be introduced in the spring of 2020.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Dominique Grotegoed
HEUSSEN ADVISES ANTICIMEX WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF SGS PEST CONTROL AND FUMIGATIONS.
HEUSSEN assisted Anticimex with the acquisition of the pest control activities of SGS Pest Control and Fumigations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Paul A. Josephus Jitta
Employers beware: pay a lower WW-contribution as of 1 January 2020
On 1 January 2020 the Balanced Labour Market Act (Wab) will come into force. One of the measures is an Unemployment Insurance Contributions (hereinafter ‘WW-contribution’) Differentiation based on the type of employment contract. In short, this means that from 1 January 2020 an employer will pay a low WW-contribution on the salary of an employee with a permanent contract and a high WW-contribution on the salary of an employee with a fixed-term contract.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Suzanne Gerritse
荷盛为来自上海的代表团举办《对荷投资及跨境并购信息经验分享会》
荷盛律师事务所（HEUSSEN）非常荣幸能够为来自上海的企业和朋友分享在荷投资及跨境并购的相关信息。
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Wendy Liu
CONTRACTING POST-BREXIT
From a legal point of view, quite a few things change after Brexit. But what will Brexit particularly mean for existing contracts and the parties to these contracts from a Dutch legal perspective? At the moment it is still unclear what exactly will change with respect to contracts, but it is to be expected that uniformity, predictability and (legal) certainty will be lost in part.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Luuk Rietveld
The benefit of a non-competition clause in a business sale and purchase agreement
Recently, the district court Oost-Brabant ruled in a preliminary relief case on a matter concerning a former owner of a company (who sold its business) who performed activities which qualified as competing activities with the activities of the sold business.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Suzanne S. Beijersbergen
The 2019 The Hague Judgments Convention: a game changer in International dispute resolution
On Tuesday 2 July 2019, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) finalized a new treaty on enforcement of judgments: the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters, or the 2019 The Hague Judgments Convention.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Rens M.R. Berrevoets
DUTCH CHILD LABOUR ACT: HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN?
On 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate adopted a bill to combat child labour (hereafter: the Child Labour Act (Wet Zorgplicht Kinderarbeid)). On the basis of this Act, any company that sells goods to Dutch end-users must exercise due care in order to prevent those goods from being composed using child labour. Under the Child Labour Act company directors can even be prosecuted under criminal law.
若您希望了解更多信息，请联系: Herman Ruiter
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