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Jeroen Smits and Ingrid Viertelhauzen contributed the Netherlands Chapter to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Alternative Investment Funds 2025.

Hoewel het OM niet verplicht is publiciteit te zoeken tijdens strafrechtelijk onderzoek, is dit vaste praktijk geworden. In het licht van de onschuldpresumptie (art. 6 lid 2 EVRM) en belangen van verdachten rijst de vraag of dit gerechtvaardigd is.

The European Waste Framework Directive has been amended and now contains rules for Member States to restrict the fast fashion industry and combat food waste. In this blog, we discuss the changes and what is expected of Member States.

Foreign entities are often sued in the Netherlands on the basis of the ‘anchor defendant’ construction.

Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies?

The Municipalities Preferential Rights Act (Wet voorkeursrecht gemeenten – Wvg) allows municipalities, provinces and the national government of the Netherlands to establish a preferential right on immovable property.

The draft bill on international corporate responsibility (“WIVO”) was published for consultation on 18 November 2024, together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The WIVO implements the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Article 2.15 of the Activities Decree currently requires operators of so-called Type A and Type B establishments to implement all energy saving measures with a payback period of five years or less.

Last summer, PFAS was frequently in the news, including a study by RIVM on PFAS in the blood of the Dutch population. This blog discusses the developments concerning the legal status and regulation of PFAS.

The Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands is critical of the 2025 Climate and Energy Memorandum. The Netherlands is making little progress in achieving its climate targets for 2030. What recommendations does the Division make?

By letter dated 27 March 2024, the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management sent the final report of the evaluation of the Nuclear Energy Act to the Lower House.

The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests.

In this blog post, we discuss the role that Scope 3 emissions can play in project permitting and environmental impact assessments. We do this in the light of a landmark decision by the UK Supreme Court on 20 June 2024.

European industry must become less dependent on fossil fuels. To that end, the European Commission now allows state aid to support the transition towards a circular economy.

The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?

This blog addresses the European Commission's infringement procedure against the Netherlands regarding the evaluation of water licences under the Water Framework Directive, the Dutch legislature's approach and the consequences for issued permits.