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Dissolving a business contract: avoid an invalid terminationA supplier or customer is in breach? Have the legal basis, final deadline, scope of dissolution and financial settlement assessed before stopping.A competitor uses your business name: when should you consult a trade-name lawyer?A similar business name or a cease-and-desist letter? Collect evidence of use, activities and confusion before acting.Having an NDA checked or dealing with a confidentiality breach: when do you need a lawyer?Sharing sensitive business information or addressing an NDA breach? Prepare agreements, evidence and measures with this guide to commercial confidentiality.Contract signed by the wrong person: when should you involve a lawyer?Doubt about signing authority for a business contract? Collect the register extract, power of attorney and correspondence and assess who could bind the business.Leaving a Dutch vof: arrange your exit and your exposure to debtsWant to leave a vof partnership? Have notice, continuation, the buyout price and liability reviewed before signing an exit agreement.Drafting a vof agreement: make authority, profits and departure workableWorking together in a vof? Arrange contributions, signing authority, profit allocation, illness and exit before money and customers are committed.
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Shareholder dispute: when do you need a business lawyer?A dispute between shareholders or a deadlocked Dutch company? Prepare your legal position, evidence and urgent decisions for a business lawyer.
Personally pursued as a company director: what should you do?A creditor, insolvency trustee or the Dutch Tax Administration is pursuing you personally? Identify the legal basis and prepare for a lawyer.
Removing a director or facing removal: review the decision and contract togetherRemoving a director of a Dutch BV? Check authority, the meeting, hearing and advisory rights, and the employment contract before deciding.
Business invoice unpaid: when should you instruct a lawyer?A business customer has not paid? Check the order, due date and defence, then choose a targeted reminder, collection or court route.
Enterprise Chamber inquiry: does your Dutch company need investigation?Concerned about company policy? Prepare eligibility, specific objections, the investigation question and possible urgent measures with a lawyer.
Dissolving a business contract: avoid an invalid terminationA supplier or customer is in breach? Have the legal basis, final deadline, scope of dissolution and financial settlement assessed before stopping.

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