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Family matters are too important to ignore.

The expat life can be hard on your family, and dealing with legal issues that cross international borders is even more challenging. That’s when you need an expert in expat family law.

GMW lawyers’ Family, Divorce, Mediation Estate Planning & Inheritance section is one of the largest in the Netherlands. With our highly experienced experts and access to a wide network of family lawyers abroad, we can help you achieve the best legal outcome, no matter how complex the case.

We can help you in cases of (international) divorce, partner alimony, child maintenance, custody, child abduction, inheritance, estate planning and family law issues.

Our clients come from all over the world and include both expats in the Netherlands and Dutch citizens living abroad. We assist: business people, directors, principal shareholders, independent professionals, wealthy individuals and non-profits based in and outside the Netherlands.

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GMW lawyers will be happy to help you with all your family law and divorce-related legal issues. If you have any questions, please contact us directly using the enquiry form below or +31 (0)70 3615048. Our family lawyers will be happy to support and advise you.

GMW lawyers is a highly trusted partner in employment law, both for employers and for employees. Our team has the expertise to provide advice you can trust on all aspects of (international) employment law, and what Dutch law means for you.

Our employment law experts can assist you with employment contracts, collective and individual redundancies, takeovers and reorganisations, human resource policies and dismissal (summary dismissal, termination of contract, dissolution, settlement, and prevention). We can also advise you on your rights and obligations regarding: employer liability, illness, labour conditions, non-competition clauses, collective bargaining agreements, outsourcing and privacy.

In addition, specialists in discrimination law can help you to prevent or solve your legal challenges.

Our clients operate in virtually every industry, both commercial and non-profit, and vary in size from SME’s to Fortune 500 multinationals. We represent directors, corporate level executives, independent professionals and entrepreneurs, as well as civil servants and individuals.

GMW lawyers will be happy to help you with all your employment-related legal issues. If you have any questions, please contact us directly using the enquiry form below or +31 (0)70 3615048. Our employment lawyers will be happy to support and advise you.

As an entrepreneur, you want your business to be successful and profitable. However, it can happen that the company faces financial problems.

This may lead to a situation where it can be foreseen that the business will no longer be able to meet its obligations in the short term, and even faces the threat of bankruptcy. Such a situation causes unrest with suppliers, employees, lenders and with the directors themselves.

However, it is often not too late and a reorganisation, restructuring of obligations, financing or offering a creditors’ agreement can avert bankruptcy.

Why choose us

The insolvency team at GMW lawyers can assist directors, shareholders and other parties involved with the company. From our experience as bankruptcy trustees, we have the knowledge and skills to quickly and decisively set up a rescue operation and to guide you in this. Moreover, we have knowledge of different markets. We do not avoid conversations with banks, forced creditors and other stakeholders.

If a restructuring is no longer possible, we will guide you in a controlled manner towards a suspension of payment or bankruptcy. We know exactly what opportunities and pitfalls there are for the company and what directors should and should not do.

In bankruptcies we assist takeover candidates with a restart. We assist parties who have disputes with the liquidator, such as directors or supervisory directors who are held liable. We also provide assistance with collateral security.

GMW lawyers assists entrepreneurs, directors, supervisory directors, shareholders, financiers, trade creditors and employees, and advise and litigate on matters such as:

• Bank guarantees
• Bankruptcy fraud
• Bankruptcy pauliana and settlement
• Cancellation of (bank) loans and (re) financing
• Creditors’ agreement
• Directors’ liability, liability of supervisory directors and corporate liability
• Disputes with a trustee
• Foreclosure of collateral, such as lien and mortgage rights, guarantees and bank guarantees
• Homologation Private Contract Agreement (WHOA)
• Notification of payment inability and soil (privilege)
• Payment suspension
• Pre-pack / Silent administration
• Reorganisation
• Resistance and appeal against a declaration of bankruptcy
• Restart
• Restructuring of debts and activities
• Retention of title, right of complaint and right of retention
• Request for bankruptcy
• Risk analysis for directors, supervisory directors and / or shareholders in the event of bankruptcy
• Special management

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GMW lawyers will be happy to help you with all your insolvency and restructuring issues. If you have any questions, please contact us directly using the enquiry form below or +31 (0)70 3615048. Our insolvency lawyers will be glad to support and advise you.

Saving you money and contributing to your success.

Our company and insolvency lawyers can help you create a strong legal basis for your company.

Our experts can support you throughout the development of your business, from creating watertight contracts that comply with national and European legislation, to providing a clear understanding of what directors’ liability entails, and what to do in case of commercial disputes.

We can also assist in cases of financial problems or disputes between shareholders, directors or creditors. Our lawyers include professional receivers and specialists in insolvency law.

Our clients include SME’s, large and small international companies, non-profit organisations, management boards, supervisory boards and shareholders.

After a personal injury, you not only have physical or psychological pain. You are also confronted with uncertainty about work, education and domestic help. One of the most important hurdles that needs to be taken quickly is determining liability.

After this, the injury damage can be mapped as quickly as possible.

Learn the (legal) process to determine a claim and an amicable settlement for a personal injury.

Determining liability

In traffic or workplace incidents, determining liability is often straightforward. Dutch lawmakers have chosen to protect the more vulnerable road users, pedestrians and cyclists, from motor traffic. In employment law employees are given extra protection against accidents on the work floor and even outside it. This means employers have a far-reaching duty of care.

The situation is different again for medical liability, where the burden of proof in cases of negligence is relatively high and it is not easy to secure admission of liability for a professional error.

Acknowledging liability

The other party may admit liability fully or partially, or not at all. If necessary the courts can be asked to issue a judgement on the degree of liability. The personal injury lawyer is the perfect person to assist you in these proceedings.

What exactly is personal injury?

Once the liability has been established, compensation can be determined. Both the material and non-material damage must be compensated by the liable party. All damage resulting from an event that caused damage, or all costs that you would not have had without that event, is called “personal injury”.

Compensation for material injury

This includes loss of income, medical costs that are not covered by your health insurer, the costs of domestic help, loss of independence and informal care.

Compensation for non-material injury

Compensation for non-material injury is awarded for pain and suffering you have experienced or may experience in future. This also includes redress for work incapacity or restricted life circumstances.

Written settlement and tax statement

Your interests should be presented in the best possible terms and stipulated in a written settlement. You should also be aware that only loss of earnings after tax can be included in a settlement. To avoid misunderstanding both parties should sign a tax statement.

Looking for a personal injury lawyer in The Hague?

Often the interests do not run parallel between you and the liable party. It is therefore necessary to have yourself represented by an expert lawyer who can represent your interests. GMW lawyers can help you with this and guide you through the entire process.

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Please contact us directly using the enquiry form below or  +31 (0)70 3615048 for more information or to make an appointment. GMW lawyers will be happy to help you.

We can assist you in English, Dutch and Turkish. More English information can also be found at the Legal Expat Desk.

Support for all the legal aspects of real estate

The financial interests in property are usually large and the regulations that apply to them are complex. That calls for good legal support.

GMW lawyers can help you in all aspects of real estate law. Whether it is about the purchase, sale, construction and project development, rental or financing of commercial property, our experts can help you work it out. We can also assist you with regard to legal disputes over residential and apartment rights, homeowners’ association law, administrative issues such as licenses, and tenders and public-private partnerships.

For 30 years, GMW lawyers has been assisting businesses and individuals with legal issues affecting their property. We work with clients including: housing associations, property investors, property managers, project developers, construction companies, local authorities and private landlords.

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GMW lawyers will be happy to help you with all your real estate issues. If you have any questions, please contact us directly using the enquiry form below or +31 (0)70 3615048. Our real estate law lawyers will be glad to support and advise you.