25 results Dutch Supreme Court rules that refurbishment of former woolen fabrics factory into retail center resulted in 'essentially new constructed real estate' for VAT purposes On Friday 11 November 2022 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the refurbishment of a former woolen fabrics factory into a retail centre resulted in ‘essentially new constructed real estate’ (in wezen nieuwbouw) for Dutch VAT purposes. 2023 Spring Memorandum includes several policy proposals for tax measures relevant for the Dutch real estate market The Dutch government published the annual Spring Memorandum on Friday 28 April 2023. In this blog post, the policy proposals for tax measures included in the Spring Memorandum that are relevant for real estate investments in the Netherlands are discussed. Stibbe advises Mambu Stibbe advised Mambu, a market-leading, modern SaaS banking platform on raising €235 million in an EQT Growth-led Series E funding round, which is the largest financing round to date for a banking software platform. The Dutch Scheme – tax aspects On 1 January 2021, the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord, also known as the “WHOA”, hereinafter: the “Dutch Scheme”) came into effect. EU Regulator’s response to the Reddit rally A massive stock market rally recently suddenly developed with respect to GameStop’s shares, a moribund chain of video game stores in the United States. The instigators: users of the investment forum r/wallstreetbets on Reddit. Self-storage business qualifies as real estate entity for Dutch real estate transfer tax purposes On May 12, 2022 the Amsterdam Court of Appeal published its decision that the services of a self-storage business consisted mainly of the exploitation of immovable property and the other services provided to its customers are subordinate to the lease. Linde Respen Associate Amsterdam COVID-19 and the Financial Markets As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, companies face various legal issues related to the disease and its spread. These issues result in disruption to business, alongside the related regulatory and contractual implications. The crisis is severely affecting Real estate and the impact of COVID-19 COVID-19 is increasingly disrupting our real estate industry. This article provides you with answers to some of the legal questions raised by the real estate industry during this crisis. NFTs: New legal challenges on the horizon In this blog Maciek Bednarski, Annemijn Witkam and Roderik Vrolijk explain what NFTs are and describe some of the legal challenges they will bring about. UK investment firms will be temporarily exempt from the Dutch licensing requirement as of 30 March 2019 On 4 February, the Dutch Minister of Finance published an amendment to the Exemption Regulation under the Financial Supervision Act (Vrijstellingsregeling Wft). The amendment provides for a temporary exemption from the licencing requirement for investment Stibbe advises PostNL and ING Stibbe advises PostNL and ING on the sale of their shares in book store chain Bruna to the Dutch publisher VBK (rebranded as Shared Stories Group). Stibbe advised Iret Development Stibbe acted as counsel to Iret Develoment in its tendering procedure, development, and negotiations of the more than EUR 100 million public–private partnership (PPP) project, which is the new police headquarters building in Antwerp. Stibbe congratulates Insight Venture Partners Stibbe congratulates Insight Venture Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in SecureW2, the post-closing of which was recently finalized. Launch of Metaverse blog series Stibbe launches a new blog series focusing on the legal challenges of the Metaverse. In our upcoming blog posts, we will discuss the legal challenges of NFTs, crypto-assets, Metaverse platforms, crypto exchanges, DAO, and many more. Dutch Supreme Court answers prejudicial questions on the interpretation of the concept 'essentially new constructed real estate' for VAT purposes On Friday 4 November 2022, the Dutch Supreme Court answered prejudicial questions of the Zeeland-West Brabant District Court on the interpretation of the concept of ‘essentially new constructed real estate’ (in wezen nieuwbouw) for Dutch VAT purposes. Stibbe advises on the IPO of Basic-Fit Stibbe advises Basic-Fit, the largest "value-for-money" fitness club operator in Europe as measured by number of clubs, on its IPO. Announcement of amendments to draft bill to exclude RETT concurrence exemption for share deals The Dutch government announced that the draft legislative proposal to exclude the application of the RETT concurrence exemption on the acquisition of a qualifying share interest in companies owning newly developed real estate will be amended. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page
Dutch Supreme Court rules that refurbishment of former woolen fabrics factory into retail center resulted in 'essentially new constructed real estate' for VAT purposes On Friday 11 November 2022 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the refurbishment of a former woolen fabrics factory into a retail centre resulted in ‘essentially new constructed real estate’ (in wezen nieuwbouw) for Dutch VAT purposes.
2023 Spring Memorandum includes several policy proposals for tax measures relevant for the Dutch real estate market The Dutch government published the annual Spring Memorandum on Friday 28 April 2023. In this blog post, the policy proposals for tax measures included in the Spring Memorandum that are relevant for real estate investments in the Netherlands are discussed.
Stibbe advises Mambu Stibbe advised Mambu, a market-leading, modern SaaS banking platform on raising €235 million in an EQT Growth-led Series E funding round, which is the largest financing round to date for a banking software platform.
The Dutch Scheme – tax aspects On 1 January 2021, the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord, also known as the “WHOA”, hereinafter: the “Dutch Scheme”) came into effect.
EU Regulator’s response to the Reddit rally A massive stock market rally recently suddenly developed with respect to GameStop’s shares, a moribund chain of video game stores in the United States. The instigators: users of the investment forum r/wallstreetbets on Reddit.
Self-storage business qualifies as real estate entity for Dutch real estate transfer tax purposes On May 12, 2022 the Amsterdam Court of Appeal published its decision that the services of a self-storage business consisted mainly of the exploitation of immovable property and the other services provided to its customers are subordinate to the lease.
COVID-19 and the Financial Markets As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, companies face various legal issues related to the disease and its spread. These issues result in disruption to business, alongside the related regulatory and contractual implications. The crisis is severely affecting
Real estate and the impact of COVID-19 COVID-19 is increasingly disrupting our real estate industry. This article provides you with answers to some of the legal questions raised by the real estate industry during this crisis.
NFTs: New legal challenges on the horizon In this blog Maciek Bednarski, Annemijn Witkam and Roderik Vrolijk explain what NFTs are and describe some of the legal challenges they will bring about.
UK investment firms will be temporarily exempt from the Dutch licensing requirement as of 30 March 2019 On 4 February, the Dutch Minister of Finance published an amendment to the Exemption Regulation under the Financial Supervision Act (Vrijstellingsregeling Wft). The amendment provides for a temporary exemption from the licencing requirement for investment
Stibbe advises PostNL and ING Stibbe advises PostNL and ING on the sale of their shares in book store chain Bruna to the Dutch publisher VBK (rebranded as Shared Stories Group).
Stibbe advised Iret Development Stibbe acted as counsel to Iret Develoment in its tendering procedure, development, and negotiations of the more than EUR 100 million public–private partnership (PPP) project, which is the new police headquarters building in Antwerp.
Stibbe congratulates Insight Venture Partners Stibbe congratulates Insight Venture Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in SecureW2, the post-closing of which was recently finalized.
Launch of Metaverse blog series Stibbe launches a new blog series focusing on the legal challenges of the Metaverse. In our upcoming blog posts, we will discuss the legal challenges of NFTs, crypto-assets, Metaverse platforms, crypto exchanges, DAO, and many more.
Dutch Supreme Court answers prejudicial questions on the interpretation of the concept 'essentially new constructed real estate' for VAT purposes On Friday 4 November 2022, the Dutch Supreme Court answered prejudicial questions of the Zeeland-West Brabant District Court on the interpretation of the concept of ‘essentially new constructed real estate’ (in wezen nieuwbouw) for Dutch VAT purposes.
Stibbe advises on the IPO of Basic-Fit Stibbe advises Basic-Fit, the largest "value-for-money" fitness club operator in Europe as measured by number of clubs, on its IPO.
Announcement of amendments to draft bill to exclude RETT concurrence exemption for share deals The Dutch government announced that the draft legislative proposal to exclude the application of the RETT concurrence exemption on the acquisition of a qualifying share interest in companies owning newly developed real estate will be amended.