Netherlands: Inward/ Foreign Investment

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission published its legislative proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), the EU’s response to an increasingly competitive global industrial landscape.

The 2026 EU-India Free Trade Agreement, combined with the long-standing Netherlands-India tax treaty, has created unprecedented opportunities for Indian companies seeking to establish operations in Europe. This comprehensive analysis examines how these two legal instruments work together to reduce trade barriers, lower tax burdens, and provide strategic advantages for Indian businesses entering the European market through the Netherlands.

De corridor tussen India en Nederland blijft zich snel ontwikkelen, gedreven door toenemende samenwerking op gebieden als technologie, halfgeleiders, innovatie en grensoverschrijdende investeringen. Jan Holthuis en Avani Shukla bespreken de Strategic Partnership Roadmap 2026-2030, juridische en compliancevraagstukken bij grensoverschrijdende technologiesamenwerkingen, en waarom Nederland zich ontwikkelt tot een belangrijke toegangspoort tot Europa voor Indiase ondernemingen.

Since the entry into force of the Dutch Competition Act in 1998, the Netherlands has maintained a national merger control regime that applies to concentrations...

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission published its proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), a draft regulation intended to strengthen industrial capacity in strategic sectors...

The coalition parties that will form the next Dutch government published the coalition agreement, including their strategic priorities, on 30 January 2026.

In 2021, the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, known as the "smartest square meters in the Netherlands", was acquired by a Singapore sovereign wealth fund.

Recently, we published this article about the key elements of the Dutch general foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening mechanism, known as the Investments...

The government is investing a total of 160.5 million euros in seven major research projects at Dutch universities.