Stibbe attends the ABS Global Conference in Barcelona

Short Reads - The Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden ruled on 3 March 2020 that an accountant did not properly advise her client with respect to a sale of real estate (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2020:1875). In her research concerning the consequences of the sale, the accountant had failed to properly review the contracts between the seller and the financier of the real estate. The accountant had therefore acted unlawfully.

Short Reads - In a decision of Friday 15 May 2020, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed that fixed-to-floating rate perpetual equity securities (“perpetual securities”) should not be considered a “participation loan” (deelnemerschapslening) for Dutch tax purposes. Under Dutch tax law, characterization of a debt instrument as a “participation loan” implies that such instrument is deemed equity for Dutch corporate income tax purposes. Characterization of the perpetual securities as a participation loan would have meant that the interest would have been regarded non-deductible dividend.

Articles - Het Nederland van twee maanden geleden is niet het Nederland van nu. Vanwege de uitbraak van het coronavirus en de bestrijding daarvan heeft het Nederlandse kabinet diverse overheidsmaatregelen opgelegd om de volksgezondheid en de economie te beschermen. Zo wordt een beroep gedaan op Nederlanders om gepaste afstand van elkaar (circa anderhalve meter) te houden en zijn bijeenkomsten met meer dan 100 personen in heel Nederland niet langer mogelijk. 

Inside Stibbe - In a special Q&A (in Dutch), lawyers from our Amsterdam office share their legal expertise and strive to provide answers to questions put to us by consumers, self-employed persons, enterprises large and small, foundations and NGOs as a result of the corona crisis.