For 127 years, the specialists of DeHaan Advocaten en Notarissen have been assisting companies, institutions and governments with various legal issues. With our sector approach, market thinking is anchored in our organization. We integrate our knowledge – of sectors such as Waste, Environment & Energy, the Manufacturing Industry, Trade, Transport & Logistics, Healthcare, Education, Construction & Real Estate and Agri into our services and are therefore able to provide targeted advice.
We think along as trusted advisors, keep a clear view of developments and are exceptionally involved.
DeHaan Advocaten en Notarissen has transformed from a one-man business to a leading full-service legal service provider.
Together with 110 enthusiastic colleagues, we work from Groningen, Assen, Leeuwarden, Stiens and Zwolle. From our strategically located locations, we strengthen medium-sized and large corporate organizations in the legal field.
Sector approach
With 70 lawyers, (junior) civil-law notaries and lawyers, we have all the specializations in-house. We bundle knowledge of your industry, which transcends the specific jurisdictions, in our sectors. Our teams are therefore fully aware of what is going on in your sector.
Are you going to buy or sell commercial real estate? Do you provide a loan in connection with real estate or are you going to borrow money? Or are you thinking of a deferred payment? The specialists at DeHaan Lawyers and Notaries are happy to help you.
Major interests are often involved in purchase/sale contracts and lease/rental agreements for commercial real estate. We know the way and can advise you optimally.
Our specialists advise companies, municipalities, provinces, housing corporations, healthcare institutions, educational institutions, project developers, builders, investment institutions and private investors in the field of non-residential construction, shops, logistics and commercial real estate and infrastructure.
DeHaan offers its clients cost-conscious, creative, solution-oriented and result-oriented support, taking into account all financial, legal and tax aspects of the transaction. We know what moves our clients and know your interests, which is essential for good advice. Our specialists provide all clients with tailor-made advice.
We can advise and assist you with:
Who determines the rules of your inheritance? The law or yourself? If you do not make any arrangements, the law will determine how your inheritance will be divided. But of course you can choose who gets what from your assets. You can adapt legal regulations to your personal situation or take a completely different tack if you do not want to leave anything to your family. Perhaps you made a will a long time ago . This sometimes turns out to be very unfavorable due to many changes in the law!
Important matters to arrange are the appointment of an executor who can settle the estate in order to prevent conflicts and to ensure that the children-in-law receive nothing in the event of a divorce. If you've looked into wills before, you've probably heard the terms “two-step making” and “filling bequest”. With these legal instruments you can make your will completely tailor-made, so that you can keep a grip on your assets after your death and prevent too much tax from being levied.
In most cases, the heirs must pay inheritance tax after your death. We advise you on how to limit this tax. This way you often earn back the costs of drawing up a will.
If you live together without being married , your partner will not inherit anything from you. You can record this in a will. For each partner (married or unmarried) you can arrange that children only receive something from the inheritance after you have both died or if the surviving partner starts living in an institution. Making a good arrangement is even more difficult with a blended family. How should you balance the interests of your children, your partner and your stepchildren? We have a lot of experience and outline the possibilities.
Losing a parent is dramatic enough for a child. That is why you want to protect your children where you can in terms of care, but also financially.
In a will you can determine who will be the guardian of your children and who may officially settle your inheritance for your children. It is also important to arrange for your young children to have a coach who will manage your estate as an administrator.
A lot of experience and real attention for you: at DeHaan your will is really in the best hands.
Do you decide to take the next step together? There are several ways to officially record your relationship. In addition to getting married, you can also choose to enter into a registered partnership or have a cohabitation contract drawn up.
A marriage and a registered partnership are both solemnized by a civil registrar. There are legal consequences to both a marriage and a registered partnership. For example, about common and private assets.
The main rule is that everything you do during the marriagewhether earning or building up a registered partnership becomes common. What you had before remains private. However: if you previously had assets together with your partner in an unequal relationship, this private assets are joint after the marriage. Suppose you bought a house as unmarried cohabitants of which one owned 40% and the other 60%, then this will be 50%/50% after the marriage/partnership. An unequal contribution to equity in the house also becomes common through marriage or registered partnership. You are, of course, free to deviate from the regulations laid down by law. You must then draw up prenuptial agreements or partnership conditions before the yes word at the civil-law notary.
If you decide to start living together, the law does not provide for this. Not even if you have been living together for a long time. You can therefore make agreements yourself about the division of, for example, the costs of the joint household and the sharing of pension. It is important for you to know that in principle the Tax and Customs Administration and your pension fund only take into account a cohabitation contract in the form of a notarial deed.
Arrangements in prenuptial agreements, partnership conditions, cohabitation contract :
Our specialists provide you with the best legal advice!
From the moment that starting entrepreneurs register with the trade register to the moment of the first takeover, restructuring or refinancing, to the day when business succession comes into the picture: corporate law always plays a role for companies and institutions, to a greater or lesser extent. In addition, companies and institutions have been confronted for years with ever-increasing regulation and changing laws and regulations: think, for example, of (sectoral) governance codes, laws and regulations regarding diversity, privacy and anti-money laundering, as well as adjustment of (financial) ) reporting requirements and tax laws and regulations.
At DeHaan Advocaten en Notarissen, we mainly help clients who are active in medium-sized and large companies, including family businesses, but we also offer help to many starting entrepreneurs and start-ups. We also advise healthcare institutions, non-profit organisations, government institutions and other organizations in the public sector. We not only maintain good relationships with entrepreneurs, DGAs, directors, supervisors and company lawyers, but also with their accountants and other (tax) advisers.
Our (junior) civil-law notaries working within the corporate law section have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of (notarial) corporate and corporate law: their activities are not limited to the execution of deeds when notarial intervention is required by law is; By thinking along with and proactively advising entrepreneurs, we want to make a difference with our expertise.
The (junior) civil-law notaries of DeHaan Advocaten en Notarissen advise on these subjects and are at your disposal to draw up the related notarial deeds and private documentation. It is advisable to obtain advice in good time, so that you can find the most appropriate (legal) support. We are happy to think along with you and your advisers about the possibilities, opportunities and possible risks.
Would you like to know more about our advice and experiences in the field of (notarial) corporate law? We would like to meet you personally.
Activities
Our civil-law notaries and candidate civil-law notaries advise and assist entrepreneurs on matters such as:
