Corporate Advisory & Corporate Governance

Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort + 40 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.

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30 October 2026

CSRD: Dutch government drops retroactive reporting duty for "first-wave" companies

Plans to apply the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) retroactively to "first wave" companies from the 2024 financial year will be removed from the implementing legislation. This follows two years of uncertainty caused by delays in the CSRD implementation process in the Netherlands.
26 October 2026

NVs listed outside EU: our 2026 annual reporting checklist now available

Following our recent 2026 annual reporting checklist for Euronext Amsterdam-listed NVs (see our September article), we have now prepared a similar checklist for Dutch public limited liability companies whose shares or depositary receipts for shares are listed exclusively outside the EU. The checklist covers annual reporting for those financial years that start on 1 January 2026. It is available for issuers with two-tier board models and, new this year, one-tier board models. 
12 October 2026

Board members no longer required to notify to AFM under Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act

Managing and supervisory directors at Dutch NVs listed on an EU regulated market no longer need to comply with both the national regime for notifying interests in shares and votes, under article 5:48 of the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act, and the European transaction notification regime, under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The same goes for executive and non-executive directors if there is a one-tier board at these companies.