In 2023, the landscape of Dutch M&A disputes continued to evolve, with notable developments in both case law and legal literature. Our corporate litigation specialists, Bart-Adriaan de Ruijter, Dominique Glazener, and Pieter Hof, provide a comprehensive overview of the key trends and legal advancements in disputes related to mergers and acquisitions.
This chronicle categorizes and analyses disputes across various stages of the takeover process, including the initiation and breakdown of negotiations, interpretation of agreements, conditions for closing, earn-out arrangements, warranties, disputes over will and post-contractual clauses.
This publication is a must-read for practitioners in the M&A (disputes) field, offering valuable insights into the recent developments in the Dutch M&A disputes market and lessons learned from the complexities of recent cases. As with previous editions, this chronicle is an informal translation of an article published in the Dutch legal literature 'Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht': Kroniek overnamegeschillen 2023 - Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht - BJu Tijdschriften.