Welcome to the Netherlands and to our office in Amstelveen
Doing business in the Netherlands is a smart move. The Dutch business climate is optimal and flexible, both from a legal and a fiscal perspective. Our firm is characterized by the typical Dutch culture of flexibility, openness and down-to-earth practicality. We are used to operating internationally and respond quickly to your questions. Our international clients are very satisfied with our personal, worry-free approach. We work on a quote basis or subscription basis.
We specialize in:
- Employment law
- Corporate law (Legal entities & company law)
- Law of obligations
- Privacy law
- B2B liability law
- Intellectual property law
- B2B lease law (real estate)
We specialize in:
1. Start-up phase
In this phase, we support you with the necessary corporate and administrative matters involved in getting started, such as:
- Choosing and establishing the best legal entity for your Dutch branch
- Drafting corporate documents such as articles of association and other regulations, contracts
- Registering the Dutch entity, directors and powers of attorney with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce*
- Registration with the tax authorities and local authorities, etc.*
- Setting up bookkeeping and administration*
- Taking out insurance*
- Tax optimization advice*
2. Going-concern phase
- Employment contracts and documentation
- Applicability check for mandatory collective labor agreements and pension funds
- Compliance with Working Conditions Act (Arbo) rules*
- Payroll administration and taxes*
- Employer and business insurance*
- Company car lease regulations
- 30% ruling arrangements
- Work permits
- Secondment contracts
- Real estate lease or purchase agreements
- Commercial contracts, sales or purchase agreements, subcontractors, distribution contracts, etc.
- General terms and conditions of sale or purchase
- Corporate administration such as minutes, board or shareholder resolutions
- Compliance with mandatory general and more specific laws and regulations related to your industry, such as: GDPR, product laws, permits, collective labor agreements & pension funds, contract law, etc.
3. Expansion or liquidation phase
- Legal due diligence investigations for acquisitions
- Drafting purchase agreements, letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements
- Reorganization / employee dismissal
- Extension or termination of (commercial) contracts
- Dissolving your company and deregistering from the Chamber of Commerce and Tax Authorities, winding up the bookkeeping, etc.*
Legal and fiscal advantages of doing business in the Netherlands
- The Netherlands has flexible enterprise and company law
- The Netherlands has an attractive fiscal climate
- The Netherlands closely follows European free market rules, making it the ultimate gateway to the rest of Europe
- Most industries in the Netherlands offer a level playing field for businesses thanks to collective labor agreements (covering salaries and allowances) and fair, clear national (fiscal) legislation
- The Netherlands is proud of its independent judiciary and professional judges
- We have fair and fast judicial procedures
What our clients think of us
We first got in touch with TLC in 2019.
As a small service organization with an American parent company, we have limited in-house knowledge of Dutch employment and contract law.
Energy Sciences
Arnold Nebbeling
We receive expert and prompt advice on our matters. What’s nice is that this genuinely happens in consultation with the client, so that you arrive at a solution together.
Emdamed
Hugo Mentink