Dutch Finance Minister did not mislead Fortis investors: the role of the financial crisis in court The Dutch Supreme Court upheld the decision that the State of the Netherlands did not mislead investors in the run-up to the nationalisation of Fortis. The role the financial crisis played in this outcome and the role it should have played. Jouke Tegelaar • January 24, 2017
Salami slicing human rights accountability: The case of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Human rights accountability in the context of Frontex-coordinated border control operations is being dispersed among the involved parties. Regrettably, this is likely to continue after the establishment of the new European Border and Cost Guard Agency. Melanie Fink • March 22, 2016 • 4 comments
Different takes on protection of public interests in a market economy: Public interests at stake? A takeover bid by the Chinese state-financed company ChemChina of Swiss agricultural chemical company Syngenta: Should we be concerned? Jelle Nijland and Fengan Jiang (Richard) • March 01, 2016 • 1 comment
Shareholders’ rights to have an item put on the agenda of the general meeting – revisited The Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a bulletin reflecting its views on whether a corporation may exclude a shareholder proposal from being put on the agenda of the general meeting. Cees de Groot • November 23, 2015
New bank insolvency law for Europe and the Netherlands In the past seven years, governments across the globe spent trillions to prevent banks from failing and wreaking havoc on our economy. Europe’s answer has been a legislative framework for bank recovery and resolution and a single resolution mechanism. Matthias Haentjens • January 27, 2015
Can virtual currency be regarded as "money"? This blog examines whether virtual currency, such as Bitcoin, can be regarded as money in the economic sense. Aleksandra Bal • December 05, 2014
The Antilles route is back! The Netherlands and Curaçao will introduce a 0% withholding tax rate on dividends. As a result a tax treaty with the Netherlands can be considered a tax treaty with the rest of the world. Jan Vleggeert • August 22, 2014
Unsuccessful SNS appeal leaves investors with questions about Dutch Intervention Act The European Court of Human Rights ('the Court') dismissed the appeal of SNS investors against the expropriation of their shares and subordinated debt. Which questions would the Court have had to answer, if the appeal had been held admissible? Sander Schuller • June 16, 2014 • 1 comment
How to tax Bitcoin? Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency with no government or central bank, grabbed the public attention as its value skyrocketed at the beginning of 2012. Aleksandra Bal • April 03, 2014 • 1 comment
