The Legal Expat Desk, LED for short, is an information hub, advising the expat community living and working in The Netherlands. We were founded in 2006 by GMW Advocaten, and have since worked with a wide network of legal experts and notaries, all trusted partners of LED.
We regularly publish articles covering a wide spectrum of legal topics. Our experts deliver clear and concise advice, and also keep the public informed about changes in the Dutch legal system.
All the LED- experts - as listed - have been selected because of their extensive experience and expertise in handling legal matters with international aspects.
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Many people still believe they need a reason to get divorced and that the courts are interested in the grounds for divorce. This is a common misconception because the blunt truth is, the courts do not care. In a petition for divorce, all that [...]
The combined work-and residence permit procedure (GVVA) came into effect last April but already changes will become effective as of 1 July 2014 for migrants on an intra-company transfer. For those migrants in key positions but also specialists and trainees, for all of them [...]
For multinational companies it will become easier and quicker to temporarily assign their highly skilled employees to subsidiaries in the Netherlands. The reason for that is a directive on the conditions of entry and residence for intra-company transfers of third country nationals, recently adopted [...]
Entrepreneurs often end up paying the wrong amount of maintenance, because cash flows are disregarded or not given sufficient consideration. So how SHOULD maintenance be calculated? The entrepreneur’s financial means On the face of it, you’d think it is easy to ascertain an entrepreneur’s [...]
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