Insights

Practical insights on global investment flows into and through the Netherlands, including Dutch investment structures for acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, joint ventures, family office investments, commercial expansion and European growth.

What founders should address when selling to private equity and rolling over into a Dutch BV structure, including control rights, leaver provisions and post-closing governance.

How management participation is structured in Dutch acquisitions, including rollover equity, sweet equity, STAK structures, leaver provisions and post-closing governance.

How Dutch Vifo screening affects foreign investments and acquisitions involving sensitive technology, vital providers, SPA conditions precedent and closing risk.

Key legal points for foreign buyers acquiring Dutch companies, including Dutch BV mechanics, notarial execution, Vifo screening, KYC and post-closing integration.

How Vifo-style screening, strategic technology and public-interest sensitivity affect Dutch M&A deal certainty, SPA drafting, governance rights and post-closing implementation.

How private debt differs from bank debt in Dutch buyouts and what this means for the SPA, financing package, security, governance and closing timetable.

How holdco PIK, preferred equity, NAV-linked funding and hybrid private-credit structures affect Dutch acquisition vehicles, governance, distributions and enforcement.

What UK and US lender-side counsel should check when Dutch entities sit inside a cross-border financing structure, including obligor mapping, authority, security, perfection and closing deliverables.