Brussels International Business Court: preliminary draft bill draft approved On 27 October 2017 the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a preliminary draft bill for the creation of the “Brussels International Business Court” (“BIBC”)…
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Beutekunst
Een Oost-Duits museum heeft Hollandsche Meesters hangen. Al vele decennia. Geen vuiltje aan de lucht, lijkt het. Na de Wende in 1989-1990 haalt de geschiedenis de schilderijen in en raak ik er als advocaat bij betrokken. De West-Duitse erven van een kunsthandelaar,...
Nodig Russiche zakenpartners thuis uit
Juralink is al veertien jaar lang actief in Rusland. Ondertussen hebben ze een grote expertise opgebouwd op vlak van samenwerken met Russische ondernemingen en vennootschappen. Managing partner Lodewijk Schlingemann leidt alles in goede banen. Kan u wat meer vertellen...
The curious case of Mariusz T.
During the last few weeks criminal law has been the subject of many talk shows on radio and TV as a result of the release from prison in early February of a certain Mariusz T. Those who do not follow the Polish media may wonder who this person is. He received the...
Close ties
As I write, preparations for the fi rst state visit of King WillemAlexander and Queen Máxima are in full swing. Our Chamber is in charge of organising the match-making for the accompanying business delegation, and the embassy staff are putting together a very detailed...
End-of-year reflections
It is November and the end of the year is approaching rapidly. New tax laws will soon come into force, putting question marks over many tax structures using Dutch BVs. The essence of the new law is that a Polish entrepreneur who owns a foreign company which derives...
Expected changes to the Polish “spoowka zoo”
The Council of Ministers has just adopted the basis for a new law changing the Code of Commercial Companies in much the same way as the Dutch law on the BV was changed in late 2012 (see Bulletin 40). The motivation is also similar: the competition from other EU...
Cultural Differences
I recently attended a very interesting presentation by a gentleman named Kevin Brownsey about the cultural differences between Poles and other nationalities. I was a bit skeptical at first - there are a lot of amateurs in this culture business. To prove my point, a...
Who should be on the board of my polish subsidiary?
This is one of the questions I get asked most often by my clients. These clients are often Dutch companies in the process of setting up a Polish subsidiary or which have just acquired one. In most cases, we are talking about a Polish limited liability company. Often...
Leipzig – das neue Berlin?
Welgeteld één afspraak had ik. Graag had ik er meer gehad, maar niemand die ik over Leipzig sprak had daar contacten. Iedereen had wel links of rechts gehoord, dat er iets in Leipzig gaande was. Maar niemand wist er het fijne van. Alleen geruchten. Veel kunstenaars...