Corporate Advisory & Corporate Governance

Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort + 39 other experts

Specialists in corporate advice

... with unrivalled expertise across the full spectrum of corporate matters. We handle complex national and cross-border transactions and are a trusted adviser for both private and public clients.

We advise on the response measures and corporate governance aspects of shareholder activism or hostile takeovers, restructuring, joint ventures, the corporate governance aspects of an upcoming IPO, and much more. We are the principal corporate legal adviser for many publicly listed clients on Euronext Amsterdam and abroad, and are equally proud to assist start-ups with the experience we have in both mature and new or developing markets.

Our experts repeatedly contribute to initiating, shaping and acting at the forefront of major new corporate law developments, and take pride in going the extra mile to find creative solutions for our clients, understanding their business context and the jurisdictions in which they operate. Our Corporate Advisory experts are at the heart of what we do as a firm and their expertise permeates throughout our complex matters across all areas of expertise.

Insights

30 July 2026

First steps taken to modernise Dutch NV law

The Dutch government has published a consultation draft of the 2027 Justice and Security Simplification Bill, proposing targeted technical amendments to Dutch company law for public limited liability companies (NVs), private limited liability companies (BVs) and associations. The proposed amendments are based on advice given by the Expert Group on NV Modernisation in 2024. The consultation period closed on 10 July 2026.
29 July 2026

Sustainability summer update: developments in legislation and enforcement

So far, this summer has brought several notable sustainability developments in legislation and enforcement. In this sustainability update, we highlight three: (i) the public consultation on the Dutch CSDDD implementing bill (Wivo 2); (ii) the European Commission's adoption of revised CSRD sustainability reporting standards; and (iii) two Dutch developments on environmental crime, reflecting the Netherlands Public Prosecutions Service's current focus on environmental damage.
24 June 2026

Multiple-vote shares directive: Dutch implementation one step closer

On 9 June 2026, a bill implementing the EU directive on multiple-vote share structures (MVS Directive) was submitted to the Dutch lower house. The directive allows companies seeking admission to trading on a multilateral trading facility (MTF), to introduce share structures where certain classes of shares provide more votes per share than other classes (high-vote/low-vote share structures). Importantly, the bill leaves untouched existing Dutch mechanisms for differentiating voting rights – including high-vote/low-vote structures and loyalty voting schemes. The implementing bill that has now been submitted is mainly of interest to small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and does not affect companies listed on a regulated market.