ArticleGovernance Of Financial Supervisors DNB And AFM StrengthenedAn act strengthening the governance of DNB and the AFM entered into force on 16 February 2012. NetherlandsCriminal LawDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleIntroduction Of Suitability Test For Daily Policy MakersA bill was adopted by parliament on 20 December 2011 introducing a suitability test for (daily) policy makers of financial institutions and trust offices in the Netherlands. NetherlandsCriminal LawDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleRevised Detriment Of The Accused Provisions Allow Limited Judicial Re-ReviewThe new Act revising detriment of the accused provisions entered into force on 1 October 2013, amending the Code of Criminal Procedure.NetherlandsCriminal LawDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleCambridge Handbook Of Institutional Investment And Fiduciary Duty: The Dutch Pension SystemThis handbook is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries.NetherlandsEmployment and HRDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleConditional Termination Of Employment Remains Possible Under New Dismissal LawsThe Dutch Supreme Court recently ruled that conditional termination of an employment agreement after an instant dismissal remains possible under the Work and Security Act. NetherlandsEmployment and HRDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleDutch Supreme Court: No Allocation Required To Qualify As A Temporary Employment AgencyThe Dutch Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in proceedings between Care4Care, a healthcare secondment company, and StiPP, the compulsory pension fund for the temporary employment industry.NetherlandsEmployment and HRDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleRené Maatman Comments On General Pension Fund (APF) BillThe General Pension Fund (APF) Bill was presented to the Second Chamber on 18 December 2014. NetherlandsEmployment and HRDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleRené Maatman: Pension And Pension Funds In TransitionRené Maatman comments on governance of pension contracts and pension funds in professional magazine ‘Ondernemingsrecht’ (company law).NetherlandsEmployment and HRDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleAdvocate General: Unbundling Act Not In Conflict With EU Law – Look At Right Of OwnershipThe Advocate General of the Dutch Supreme Court recently issued an opinion on the admissibility of the Independent Grid Management Act.NetherlandsEnergy and Natural ResourcesDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleA Regulatory Guide To Carbon Capture, Usage, And Storage In EuropeEurope's journey toward a low-carbon future heavily relies on the growth of carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS). NetherlandsEnvironmentDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleAct Introducing Suitability Test And Closer Cooperation Between Financial SupervisorsThis Act has come into force on 1 July 2012 and amends the current rules regarding the expertise required of day–to-day policy makers at financial undertakings and of members of the supervisory body at those undertakings. NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleConsultation About Rules For Investment FundsThe European Commission has put forward proposals for a single European supervisory mechanism for banks.NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleDecree Published On Funding Of Financial Supervision 2013This decree implements the Act on funding of financial supervision, which outlines how the costs of the AFM and DNB will be financed.NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleNews On European Banking UnionOn Tuesday 19 March 2013 the European Council reached an agreement with the European Parliament on the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticlePRIIPS: Are You Ready?The European regulation on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) is already leading to turmoil in the markets...NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleSeparation Of Banking Activities In Financial CrisesIn times of crisis, it will become possible to separate retail banking and investment banking activities in the Netherlands. NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleSukuk Structures: Legal Engineering Under Dutch LawIn this publication, Omar Salah sets out how sukuk transactions can be structured under Dutch private law and covers the Islamic and Dutch legal issues involved.NetherlandsFinance and BankingDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleAkzoNobel Signs Agreement To Sell Its Shares In ICI PakistanDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised AkzoNobel on reaching an agreement to sell its 75.81 percent shareholding in ICI Pakistan Limited to the Yunus Brothers Group for €124.4 million (subject to a net debt and interest adjustment). NetherlandsFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
ArticleBill Amending Acts To Prevent Money Laundering And Financing Of TerrorismOn 19 April 2012 a bill amending the Acts to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism was submitted to the Second Chamber of parliament.NetherlandsGovernment, Public SectorDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek