Incentives

On Tuesday 16 September 2025 (Prinsjesdag), the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2026 Tax Plan Package. This consists of the 2026 Tax Plan and Other Tax Measures for 2026, as well as certain additional measures.

The Dutch Ministry of Finance has recently published letters on three important tax-related issues. This Tax Alert discusses the proposed changes and their potential impact on international companies.

On Thursday 19 June 2025, Stibbe hosted its annual Equity Capital Markets Seminar. The gathering, hosted by Pieter Schütte and Nora Offergelt, was attended by over 70 capital markets participants.

The European Commission wants to make European industry more competitive with the Clean Industrial Deal. This strategy should help the industry. In this blog we will explain how and when this will happen.

De Europese Commissie wil de Europese industrie concurrerender maken met de Clean Industrial Deal. Deze strategie moet de industrie verder helpen verduurzamen en financiering eenvoudiger maken. Wij vertellen in dit blog hoe en wanneer dat gaat gebeuren.

The Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) recently ruled in a post-closing M&A dispute that a seller was liable for warranty breaches on the grounds of fraud committed by its former portfolio company's CFO.

The CJEU's recent ruling emphasizes the GDPR's demand for algorithmic transparency in automated decisions, challenging companies to explain their logic. The decision also shows the difficulty of balancing such transparency with trade secret protection.

Big Tech faces challenges when denying third parties access to its open platforms. The European Court of Justice has ruled that a dominant company’s refusal to make its open platform compatible with a third-party app may be abusive.

The Dutch Government published findings from a study performed into the Dutch lucrative interest scheme, which scheme generally applies to carried interest / sweet equity arrangements of managers of private equity funds and their portfolio companies.