Corporate Restructuring

Short Reads - Op 25 april 2018 heeft de Europese Commissie een voorstel voor een richtlijn gepubliceerd met betrekking tot grensoverschrijdende omzettingen, fusies en splitsingen.

Articles - Phénomène économique en constante progression, les commerces éphémères – ou « pop-up stores » – font désormais l’objet d’un cadre juridique spécifique en Région wallonne, destiné à lever l’insécurité juridique qui planait sur les baux commerciaux consentis pour une durée inférieure à un an.

Short Reads - Het is (bijna) zover: de "Wet verbetering functioneren van verenigingen van eigenaars" (de "Wet Verbetering VvE") is op 27 februari jl. in de Tweede Kamer aangenomen en ligt momenteel ter goedkeuring bij de Eerste Kamer. De wetgever is voornemens met de Wet Verbetering VvE de slapende Vereniging van Eigenaars ("VvE") wakker te schudden. Wat gaat er veranderen?

Short Reads - The EU Audit Regulation (EU) nr. 537/2014 and the EU Audit Directive (2014/56/EU) came into effect on 17 June 2016. The Act implementing the Amending Directive and Regulation on statutory audits of annual accounts ("Implementation Act") and the ancillary Decree implementing the Directive and Regulation ("Implementation Decree") entered into force (for the most part) on 1 January 2017.

Roundtable - On 12 December 2018, Stibbe Amsterdam will host its annual roundtable on the developments and key points for listed companies in the preparation of the annual reporting and the general meeting.

Short Reads - On 9 June 2017 a new EU directive entered into force (2017/828/EU). The Directive amends the existing Shareholders Rights Directive (2007/36/EU). The European Commission aims through the amended Directive to encourage effective and sustainable shareholder engagement in listed companies. The amended Directive will need to be implemented in Member States by 10 June 2019.

Short Reads - On 5 December 2014, the EU Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information in the directors’ report (2014/95/EU) entered into force. This Directive was implemented in the Netherlands by i) the Implementation Act, which entered into force on 6 December 2016, ii) the Disclosure of Diversity Policy Decree, which entered in force on 31 December 2016, and iii) the Disclosure of Non-Financial Information Decree, which entered into force on 24 March 2017. 

Short Reads - In February 2016, the Minister of Finance outlined how the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (''UBO'') register (''UBO register'') will be implemented in the Netherlands. The obligation to introduce a UBO register derives from the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015/849/EU) (the "Directive"), which entered into force on 25 June 2015.