News
Van Doorne launches new website: sancties.nl >>
15-05-2012
The new website www.sancties.nl recently went live. Sancties.nl, an initiative of Van Doorne, is an informative website dealing with enforcement and supervision. Van Doorne attorneys post information on Sancties.nl regarding enforcement and supervisory practice, furthering Van Doorne’s desire to provide a platform for this area of law.
Green Lease: the future? >>
09-03-2012
NL Agency recently launched the Green Lease Guidance: Towards the Sustainable Use and Operation of Buildings. Green Leases aim to support the reduction of CO2 emissions from the built environment. Is Green Lease the future?
Health insurance companies permitted to cooperate >>
06-03-2012
The Netherlands Competition Authority (“NMa”) has enunciated the conditions on which health insurance companies can proceed in jointly purchasing health care and setting standards for quality. The NMa acknowledges that cooperation in the area of health care can lead to improvements in quality. However, cooperation must be subject to strict conditions to prevent violation of the competition rules.
Van Doorne attorneys among winners at the ILO Client Choice Awards 2012 >>
05-03-2012
On Wednesday, 22 February, the winners of the ILO Client Choice Awards 2012 were announced in London.
Fiscal changes 2012 >>
30-01-2012
As from 1 January 2012 an additional restriction on the deductibility of interest paid on acquisition loans applies if a Dutch buyer enters into a fiscal unity with the acquired company. In principle, the interest due on the acquisition loan can no longer be set off against the profit of the acquired company. The interest in any event remains deductible up to EUR 1 million. The interest is furthermore fully deductible in the case of ‘sound financing’. Financing is deemed to be sound if the acquisition debt in the year of acquisition does not exceed 60% of the acquisition price. That percentage is then reduced over a seven-year period (by 5% a year) to 25%.
Van Doorne expands its corporate practice with the appointment of a partner >>
04-01-2012
Pieter van den Brink has been appointed as partner as from 1 January 2012 within Van Doorne’s Corporate Practice.