Heussen

HEUSSEN Lawyers & Civil Law Notaries is an independent law firm based in Amsterdam, founded in 2005.

At HEUSSEN, we provide legal services that meet the demands of a dynamic and interconnected world. We combine expert legal knowledge with a practical, solution-driven approach to help businesses navigate an evolving global landscape. We deliver strategic legal counsel tailored to the needs of both corporate and private clients. We have a strong international focus. Our client base ranges from mid-sized to large companies based across the world, with a strong presence from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, particularly Japan and the Greater China region.

Our teams collaborate across jurisdictions, ensuring seamless support in cross-border matters. We work closely with tax advisers, auditors, and corporate finance consultants to provide well-rounded solutions that go beyond legal advice. Our lawyers are fluent in Dutch and English, and some also speak Chinese, German, Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish. This enables us to serve clients in their own language and legal culture, ensuring clarity and confidence in every transaction.

HEUSSEN Lawyers & Civil Law Notaries has independent partner firms in Germany (HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH), and Italy (HEUSSEN Studio Legale e Tributario).

Areas of practice: Corporate and corporate structuring: general corporate law matters, director’s liability, corporate governance, European company (SE), (cross-border) corporate structurings, contributions by and distributions to shareholders, audit and publication rules and requirements, (cross-border) legal mergers and demergers, capital increase and decrease, liquidation of Dutch companies and other legal persons, formation of Dutch companies and other legal persons, partnerships issuance of shares, migration of companies to and from the Netherlands.

M&A: buyer and vendor due diligence, joint-ventures and other corporate alliances, management and leveraged buy outs and buy ins, acquisitions, divestitures, pre- and post-deal structuring, private equity, shareholders’ agreements.

Banking and finance: structured finance, legal opinions, loans, bonds, notes and other finance documentation, security rights.

Contracts and commercial law: agency and distribution, general terms and conditions, customer relations, franchising, private international law, international sale and purchase of goods, intra-group agreements, partnerships, product liability.

Employment law: general employment and social security related issues, employee (stock) incentive plans, employment and assignment contracts, employment litigation, termination of employment contracts, industrial relations and collective labor agreements, international (cross-border) employment issues, works council issues, outsourcing and secondments, company transitions and transfer of an undertaking, reorganizations and collective dismissals.

Corporate and commercial litigation: liability issues, interpretation of contracts, breach of contract, tort litigation assessment, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance litigation, earn-out disputes, seizure of assets, summary proceedings, international disputes.