Netherlands: Contracts and Commercial Law

An arbitral tribunal dismissed all claims in Abdallah Andraous v. Kingdom of the Netherlands for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the claimant no longer owned the shares underlying his investment claim when disputed State measures occurred. The tribunal also held that employment-related salary and pension rights did not constitute protected investments under the Dutch-Lebanese BIT, and rejected attempts to invoke the European Convention on Human Rights through the treaty's most-favoured-nation provision.

The Netherlands is introducing a strict new accreditation regime for temporary staffing that will fundamentally change how international businesses deploy workers on Dutch projects. Starting in 2028, all organizations supplying personnel in the Netherlands must obtain government admission permits, with hirers facing legal obligations to verify supplier compliance before work begins.

The Dutch government is implementing significant reforms to residential lease service charges through the Wms legislation, fundamentally changing how landlords can bill tenants for additional costs. This new framework introduces an exhaustive list of permissible service charges, statutory calculation rules, and enhanced oversight powers for the Rent Tribunal...

The Dutch parliament is considering legislation that would fundamentally alter merger control by granting the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) power to review transactions below traditional turnover thresholds.

In the dynamic landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Netherlands, the legal due diligence investigation remains one of the most critical phases of any transaction...

The Act on the Admission for the Posting of Workers by Intermediaries (Wtta) fundamentally transforms the Dutch legal framework for worker posting by replacing the current registration system with a strict admission requirement.

The EU institutions are no longer continuing with the negotiations to find an agreement on the proposal for a Green Claims Directive, following a series of announcements...

The European Commission publicised its report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation. The Report marks a further step towards a potential new recast of the Regulation.

De selectie ten aanzien van wetgeving, beleid en jurisprudentie over afvalstoffen in de afgelopen drie jaar laat zien dat het afvalstoffenrecht...