16 April 2024De Brauw advises Rabobank on EUR 1 billion tender offer for Rabobank Certificates
De Brauw advises Rabobank on EUR 1 billion tender offer for Rabobank Certificates
14 April 2024ENNIA gets big bail out - governments Curacao, St Maarten and Central Bank set up a new bailout fund
ENNIA, the largest insurance group in the Dutch Caribbean with insurance companies located in Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Aruba and Bonaire, and business in the other islands as well as Suriname, received a large bailout from the governments of Curacao, Sint Maarten and the Central Bank. ENNIA has been in severe financial difficulties due to mismanagement and fraudulent behaviour of its owner Parman International B.V., led by Iranian-American Hushang Ansary. De Brauw has successfully assisted the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) in litigation proceedings against Ansary and former directors of ENNIA, which resulted in a number of positive judgements ordering Ansary and the former directors to repay ENNIA hundreds of millions of Netherlands Antillean guilders in damages. The group requires alternative funding solutions at least until those funds come in.
8 April 2024Supreme Court appeal over dismissal and academic freedom
Today, our firm filed an appeal with the Dutch Supreme Court on behalf of a former senior lecturer at the University of Groningen (RUG), requesting that a 8 January 2024 decision of the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal be set aside. The case revolves around the question of how closely courts should see to it that scientists' academic freedom and freedom of expression are safeguarded in employment termination proceedings.