LIABILITY OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANIES

Aspects of director’s liability

Management services companies a.k.a. trust companies (‘trustkantoren’) can face liability as a result of how they have performed trust and management services to their clients, and in particular when acting as managing director (‘statutair directeur’) of a legal entity, whether alone or together with others.

A trust company acting as managing director for a client company is subject to the general rules on director’s liability. Such liability towards the client company may arise in the event a trust company is found to be seriously negligent (‘een ernstig verwijt kan worden gemaakt’) in fulfilling its tasks as …
Read the rest »

02
Aug 2023
CATEGORY

Corporate

COMMENTS No Comments

MIJN BOEKEN 2017 – 2020

Law books written by me 2017 – 2020 (in Dutch)

2017 – A concise understanding of Dutch Caribbean corporate law 2020 – Case-law directors’ liability Dutch Caribbean corporate law 2020 …
Read the rest »

08
Jan 2021
CATEGORY

Legal

COMMENTS No Comments

TOEZICHT TRUSTKANTOREN IN NEDERLAND

Derde geheel herziene druk

Op 1 januari 2019 zijn de Wet toezicht trustkantoren 2018 en het Besluit toezicht trustkantoren 2018 in werking getreden, tegelijk met de Regeling toezicht trustkantoren 2018. Hiermee zijn de regels voor trustkantoren en hun cliënten ingrijpend veranderd. De nieuwe editie van Toezicht trustkantoren in Nederland helpt hen de balans op te maken, met een grondig overzicht van regels, rechtspraak en literatuur.

De wet- en regelgeving is sinds de verschijning van de vorige druk in 2010 zodanig gewijzigd, dat een grondige herziening van dit handboek op zijn plaats was. Naast de inhoud is …
Read the rest »

17
Jun 2020
CATEGORY

Finance

COMMENTS No Comments

TRUSTKANTOREN VOORWERP VAN POLITIEK DEBAT

Met de reputatie van trustkantoren is niets mis

Trustkantoren vervullen een belangrijke functie ten behoeve van particulieren en bedrijven, maar genieten niet een met banken of verzekeraars vergelijkbare bekendheid. Trustkantoren lijken soms met een zekere mate van mystiek te zijn omgeven. Deze mystiek hangt ongetwijfeld samen met de link die doorgaans wordt gelegd tussen trustkantoren enerzijds en belastingplanning, belastingparadijzen en geheimhouding anderzijds. Maar dat is slechts een deel van het verhaal. Trustkantoren zijn zakelijke dienstverleners die opereren op onder meer financieel, juridisch, fiscaal en administratief terrein. Ze kunnen optreden als bestuurder, de administratie van vennootschappen voeren, belastingaangiften doen, betrokken zijn …
Read the rest »

02
Apr 2014
CATEGORY

Finance

COMMENTS No Comments

THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (IV)

Identity of ultimate beneficiary must be known

According to the Order on Sound Operational Management (the Order)(‘Regeling integere bedrijfsvoering Wet toezicht trustkantoren’) pursuant to the ASTO, a trust office shall know the identity of the ultimate beneficial owner (‘UBO’) of an object company and keep the evidence used to determine who qualifies as the ultimate beneficial owner and from which the identity of the ultimate beneficial owner has been established, available (Article 12 (1) of the Order).

The trust office shall keep a client acceptance file for every object company, for every sale of a legal entity, and for each …
Read the rest »

06
Sep 2008
CATEGORY

Legal

COMMENTS No Comments

THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (III)

Policy rule on integrity testing

The integrity of those having a certain interest in, or control over, a trust office (such as managers, supervisory directors and persons who determine or help determine policy) will be tested and their antecedents investigated (Article 3 of the Dutch Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices; ‘ASTO’). The test is set out in detail in the Policy Rule on Integrity Testing, which contains rules regarding the testing of the integrity of persons who (co-)determine, or are to be appointed to (co-)determine, the policy of supervised institutions, and of holders and prospective holders of qualifying …
Read the rest »

02
Sep 2008
CATEGORY

Legal

COMMENTS No Comments

THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (II)

Regulatory framework aims at sound operational management

Section 10 (1) of the Dutch Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices (the ‘ASTO’) states that rules may be issued for trust offices, pursuant to an order in council, i.e. a governmental decree, with the intention of ensuring sound operational management. Such rules were issued in the Order on Sound Operational Management Relating to The ASTO (‘Regeling integere bedrijfsvoering Wet toezicht trustkantoren’; the ‘Order’). The Order is in effect from 1st March 2004.

According to Article 2 (c) of the Order, sound operational management means:

“the management of the organization of the …
Read the rest »

30
Aug 2008
CATEGORY

Legal

COMMENTS No Comments