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Welcome to Heron Legal
With a clear focus and a personal approach, we assist clients with a myriad of transactions, corporate and commercial litigation and employment law.
We aim for the best results
Our expertise
Operating from our offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven, we transcend cultural differences and build bridges in an international zeitgeist. Our global network and years of experience provide the basis for our independent and creative approach.

Construction and Real Estate
Our combined M&A and Construction & Real Estate team works efficiently and multidisciplinarily on various real estate deals. Whether it concerns a share transaction, investment, or real estate deal, we have the expertise in-house. We work closely with tax specialists and notaries, so that you are completely unburdened and assured of tailor-made advice.

Privacy & IT
Our specialized privacy and IT lawyers in Amsterdam and Eindhoven help you with privacy and IT cases.

Tax Law
Do you have a discussion with the tax authorities? Our lawyers and tax experts have extensive experience in litigating against the tax authorities.

Professional Liability & Disciplinary Law
Our (tax) lawyers specialize in dealing with cases that focus on a fiscal accusation.

Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment
Intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademark rights, copyrights, and trade name rights, are of great importance to every company.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions cover numerous multidimensional topics.

Corporate and commercial litigation
In case of a dispute, Heron Legal can offer you sound legal advice. Our primary goal is to prevent litigation proceedings and to preserve business relationships.

Restructuring and insolvency
Regardless of whether complex restructurings, substantial reorganisations or corporate governance is involved, optimising your company's organisational (structure) requires in-depth knowledge of Dutch corporate law.

Commercial contracts
A commercial agreement must suit your business, not the other way around.

Employment law
The success of your organisation depends on the strength and wellbeing of your team.

Starting your business or company in the Netherlands
When it comes to getting your business up and running in the Netherlands while avoiding any financial and legal pitfalls, your company or business could use all the advice and support you can get.

Boardroom Counseling
As an executive or entrepreneur, you are often confronted with issues that require independent legal advice and thorough insight.

Attorney co-counseling
We believe that cooperation and the sharing of knowledge enriches our profession.

Our drive is expressed in
dedication and mutual
trust
Welcome to our world
Stories and insights from our people
We are living in dynamic times. Developments follow each other rapidly and the current means of communication make the world smaller and smaller.


Professional error in mergers and acquisitions
The purchase, sale, or merger of a business involves numerous complex issues across various disciplines. Consequently, a variety of advisors, each with their own expertise, are often involved in acquisition processes, such as accountants, tax consultants, corporate finance advisors, and lawyers.

Principle of proportionality (in tax cases)
Following the childcare benefits scandal, there has been a societal call for the government to apply a more human-centered approach. Currently, a trend can be observed in which the principle of proportionality is gaining ground within administrative law, which also includes tax law.

Prevent Errors in Cost of Capital
Following our articles on professional errors in mergers and acquisitions and the breach of duty of care, we now focus on an aspect of valuation techniques that often leads to mistakes: the cost of capital rate. This article discusses the fundamental principles of the cost of capital rate, how it is constructed, and common mistakes made when determining it. Additionally, practical examples and tips are provided to help prevent double counting of risks and ensure accurate valuations.


Inquiry Letter from the Dutch Tax Authorities - Real Estate in Dubai
The Tax Authorities regularly conduct project-based investigations into assets or income not declared in tax returns. Currently, the tax office is investigating real estate in Dubai. How can you recognize such an investigation? The inspector will send you a letter with questions regarding real estate in Dubai.

How does a FIOD-investigation proceed?
In the FIOD investigations in which VDB Advocaten is involved, the focus is on criminal offenses of a fiscal or financial nature. Examples include money laundering, forgery, or intentionally filing an incorrect tax return. Commonly, this is also referred to as "fraud" or "tax fraud."

FIOD demands data
The FIOD contacts you and demands digital and/or written data. In this blog Debbie Liem highlights an important point of attention.

False selfemployment and liability for wage tax
The tax authority has announced its intention to start enforcing rules on false self-employment by 2025. This means that employers working with freelancers, while the tax authority considers it an employment relationship, may be required to pay wage tax.

Contact with the FIOD? Read these 5 guidelines
FIOD Raid? Or have you been approached by the FIOD in another way? If contact with the FIOD comes unexpectedly, read these 5 guidlines. Within one minute, you will know what to do.

Advisor's Duty of Care in Mergers and Acquisitions
In this article, we highlight three cases in which advisors were accused of failing to exercise the care expected of a competent contractor during an acquisition process. Failure to meet this duty of care can result in the advisor (or the firm they work for) being held liable for damages to the client. Advisors, particularly in an acquisition process, face significant liability risks.

The importance of legal assistance in commercial disputes
In business, it often happens that disputes arise between parties. This could include, for example, a conflict over a contract, a delay in payment or a violation of intellectual property rights. In such cases, hiring a lawyer can be very important.

Employment law in the next 5 years: challenges and evolution.
Over the past decades, we've seen a significant change in how people work and organizations function. With the rise of new technologies, the growth of the gig economy, and the increasing demand for flexibility, we face countless employment law challenges over the next five years. In this article, we will explore some of these challenges and discuss possible developments in employment law.