NautaDutilh assists VastNed with the refinancing of its office and semi-industrial property portfolio
On 30 June a 345 m EURO credit facility was signed between VastNed Offices/Industrial N.V. (VastNed) and its subsidiaries on the one hand and a banking consortium led by ING Real Estate Finance N.V. and ING Bank N.V. on the other.
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Consortium of banks finances the construction of a new hospital for Isala Klinieken
On 22 June 2009, Isala Klinieken and a consortium consisting of Rabobank, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and Fortis Bank signed a financing agreement worth EUR 442 million for the construction (including equipment) in Zwolle, the Netherlands, of a new hospital for Isala Klinieken. NautaDutilh acted as counsel to the banks and drafted the financing documents.
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'Private law structure of the financial sector conflicts with the public interest'
On 18 June, Michiel and Arjan Scheltema presented their preliminary report for the Dutch Association of Securities Law entitled ‘Financial supervision in administrative law and private law – necessary changes following the crisis’. In the preliminary report, father and son Scheltema analyse the strengths and weaknesses of both administrative and private law in the financial sector.
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Lecture by Geert Raaijmakers 'The romantic image of shareholders’ democracy is unjustified'
On Tuesday 16 June, Geert Raaijmakers, who has been appointed Professor of Corporate and Securities Law at the VU University of Amsterdam, officially accepted his professorship by giving a public lecture.
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The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has granted Yukos Capital permission to enforce four Russian arbitral decisions
On Tuesday 28 April, in a ground-breaking ruling, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal granted the Luxembourgian company Yukos Capital permission to enforce four Russian arbitral decisions in the Netherlands. The arbitral decisions were passed in September 2006 against the Russian company Yuganskneftegaz that later merged with the Russian state-owned company Rosneft.
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