Expertise

17 Mar Even students from France find their way to Watsonlaw

Posted at 11:00h in Benjamin Fontani, career, Crypto, Finance & Securities, Financial Markets, News, Technology

Benjamin Fontani will for a period of six months, join our crypto team as a paralegal. A few questions to our new colleague: How did a French student end up at a law firm in Den Bosch? “I grew up in a very international environment and have...

01 Feb MiCA – Market Abuse Prevention under MiCA

Posted at 17:23h in Blog, Blog Finance, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Jorie Corten, Marlinde Nannings, MiCA, Rens Kattenbelt, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits

1. Background Market integrity has long been considered a key aspect of investor protection in traditional finance. Measures guaranteeing equal access to information and fair price formation regarding financial instruments have been the subject of EU wide harmonization since 2003, which has resulted in the Market...

25 Nov We have been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards 2021!

Posted at 14:44h in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Inge Lakwijk, News, Willem-Jan Smits

We have been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards! This confirms that not just (international) crypto companies, but also leading parties such as the Blockchain Netherlands Foundation (BCNL) and its community, see our crypto team as cutting edge. As a team that delivers state-of-the-art knowledge...

24 Aug Are you subject to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wwft)?

Posted at 15:50h in Blog, Crypto, Eline Janssen

In an earlier blog we discussed the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wet ter voorkoming witwassen en financiering van terrorisme), hereinafter Wwft. As the name implies, the aim of the Wwft is to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Various obligations for the...

04 Mar American blockchain software developer Tendermint invests in Ocean Blue’s Tgrade.

Posted at 22:08h in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, News, Willem-Jan Smits

American blockchain software developer Tendermint has completed a strategic investment in Tgrade, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol developed by Foundation Ocean Blue. Built on the Cosmos blockchain, Tgrade provides developers with the ideal tools to build secure, regulated and robust DeFi products for the next...

03 May Vergaderrechten onder de Spoedwet Covid-19

Posted at 17:00h in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Corporate Litigation, Eline Janssen, Maarten van Ingen, Thomas Schelfaut

De Covid-19 crisis heeft geleid tot diverse noodverordeningen. Deze waren primair ingegeven door de vrees bestaat voor ernstige wanordelijkheden. Een noodverordening vormt over het algemeen een ernstige inbreuk op grondrechten en wordt daarom zelden uitgevaardigd, maar dit zijn uitzonderlijke tijden. Beperking van grondrechten is echter...

07 Jan What Is a Security Token Offering (STO) and Why It Is the Next Step for Blockchain-based Fundraising

Posted at 10:00h in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Finance & Securities, Willem-Jan Smits

Since their official inception in 2013, having Mastercoin as the first mover, the past few years have seen a massive number of ICOs take place. In 2017 ICOs raised a whopping $5.6 billion in funds for blockchain projects. Estimates further suggest that 30% of the totality of...

04 Jul Initial Coin Offerings : 4 Important Factors to Consider Before Investing.

Posted at 09:12h in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Finance & Securities, Willem-Jan Smits

There is a new kid on the fundraising block, a bright young mind not yet completely chained by regulatory parenting, but nevertheless one that requires significant nurturing to fulfill its potential. Since its birth in 2013, the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) has taken the world...

01 Jan De onverdeelde executieopbrengst. Wie is rechthebbende na faillissement?

Posted at 14:38h in Finance & Securities, Insolvency & Restructuring, Maarten van Ingen, Publicaties

Art. 33 Fw. Wanneer is een executie nu precies voltooid in geval van faillissement van de schuldenaar, nádat het beslagen of gesecureerde object openbaar is verkocht en de opbrengst ter verdeling in handen is gesteld van de notaris of deurwaarder, doch vóórdat daadwerkelijk verdeling heeft...

08 Jan Een overeenkomst met de curator als vorm van parate executie.

Posted at 14:38h in Finance & Securities, Insolvency & Restructuring, Publicaties, Willem-Jan Smits

In deze bijdrage besteedt auteur aandacht aan de positie van de faillissementscurator bij verkoop bij wege van executie door de curator. Uit de jurisprudentie volgt dat deze figuur van oneigenlijke lossing dient te worden gekwalificeerd als een zuivere executie. Deze executie wordt echter niet uitgevoerd...