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On 13 November, the European Parliament adopted its final position on the "Omnibus proposal" for a directive concerning certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements. This came five months after the Council of the EU confirmed its negotiating position on the proposal.

The Netherlands has emerged as a leading forum for collective redress in Europe. The Resolution of Mass Damage in Collective Action Act (known as the WAMCA) has accelerated this development. The WAMCA allows claims for monetary damages, sets stricter admissibility requirements and introduces a special procedure. WAMCA class actions cover a wide range of areas, including data protection, consumer law, competition law and environmental law.

Ahead of Dutch elections and the associated parliamentary recess in October 2025, we outline some recent parliamentary developments for listed companies. One development concerns a recent parliamentary debate on corporate governance and the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, in which far-reaching motions were tabled by GroenLinks-PvdA and D66. Another concerns the bill to permanently allow digital general meetings for legal entities, which is in the final stage of consideration in the lower house.

In a landmark preliminary decision, the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) has ruled that the interests of minor children must carry significant weight when a landlord seeks eviction from a property where children reside.

De Brauw advises AkzoNobel in connection with its envisaged all-stock merger of equals with Axalta, creating a premier global coatings company with an enterprise value of approximately USD 25 billion

De Brauw has advised Koninklijke VolkerWessels on the sale of VolkerWessels Nederland to HAL Investments