AREAS OF EXPERTISE Hoegen Dijkhof Dutch Business Lawyers are active and experienced in many areas of law. Please see below for an enumeration of the areas of law in which we have ample experience and stand ready to assist you. We also offer second opinions in all of the areas mentioned below. We can represent you in any civil, administrative or tax dispute. Our Standard Terms are applicable to all our activities. To read them, please follow this link: Standard Terms. Corporate Law, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Partnerships, general partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures Corporate finance (applying for business financing; proposition; business plan; deal structure; approaching professional investors; negotiating; closing. Shareholder and managing director disputes, buy-outs Foreign direct investment in The Netherlands or abroad Legal audits, also abroad Takeovers or mergers, also abroad, also transnational (inventory; business analysis; valuation; sales memorandum; approaching potential strategic and financial buyers; negotiations; letter of intent; due diligence; purchase or sales agreement; closing) Comfort letters Legal opinions Company formation Business Law General terms and conditions Agency, distribution and franchise agreements Suspension and bankruptcy Sale of goods Oil and gas Negotiable instruments Know-how and other licences Confidentiality agreements Corporate Litigation Judicial inquiries Enterprise chamber Dispute resolution Mediation, default and tort Employment Law, Employee Benefits and Pensions Employment contracts Individual and collective dismissal trials Other trials on labour relations, including liability cases Reorganisations Co-determination problems Problems with business transfers and other employment issues of takeovers, mergers and splits, etc. Employment contracts, regulations, redundancy arrangements, collective bargaining agreements, freelance-contracts The position of the director and / or administrator Ilness and re-integration Employee benefits and pension rights Tax Law and Estate Planning General tax advice to private parties and businesses International company or private tax advice, structure planning and optimisation Formation of entities Tax Litigation Disputes with the Tax authorities about material tax debts Disputes with the Tax authorities about the collection of tax debts Filing of claims for damages with the Tax authorities Support of accountants and tax advisors with clients with disputes with the Tax authorities European and Competition Law National and European competition issues Intellectual property Trademark registration Family Law and Inheritance Law Prenuptial agreements, partnership agreements, cohabitation contracts Divorce with important financial aspects Inheritances, inheritance tax, succession Real Property Sales and purchase contracts Rental agreements for commercial properties Sale-and-lease-back constructions Building contracts Project agreements Arbitration Landlord and tenant cases Real property financing with national and foreign financial institutions Government contracts and land issuance Civil Litigation Contract law (performance, suspension, dissolution and claims) Torts Product liability Mediation Debt collection Foreclosures and seizures Administrative Law Building permits Zoning plan amendments Monuments Management and conservation of country estates Conversion permits, splitting permits Environmental permits Nature conservation law Grants Tenders Compensation Expropriations Financial supervision law Administrative Litigation Enforcement (default fine, administrative enforcement, administrative penalty) Government tort Zoning plan procedures