‘Dry powder’ and financial slack; too much of a good thing… Pieter Holthuis, advocaat August 16, 2018 Private equity funds are stuffed with money. Strong fundraising and decent returns have resulted in ‘dry powder’ levels reaching $1.09tn in 2018 Q1, according to...

Missed (corporate) opportunities... Pieter Holthuis, advocaat July 27, 2017 Imagine a director of your company is secretly leading business away and usurps it for his own benefit, a so-called “corporate opportunity” that rightly belongs to the company. What do you do?...

Group financing and corporate benefit Pieter Holthuis, advocaat May 15, 2017 In group financing transactions Lender will usually demand guarantees of each subsidiary for the Loan Obligations of the Borrower / the parent company. The obligations under the guarantee...

Corporate finance, undercapitalization and shareholders’ liability Pieter Holthuis, advocaat March 16, 2017 Introduction Since the abolishment of statutory minimum capital requirements for Dutch private limited liability companies ("BV’s") in 2012 (this used to be €...

Raising growth capital for social enterprises; finding the right financing mix Pieter Holthuis, advocaat December 4, 2016 In this article we will outline a few basic steps to raise growth capital for ‘mature’ social enterprises, meaning for-profit companies that help...