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Legal forms and governance

When you start a business in the Netherlands, you must choose a legal structure. Which one is right for you? And who will have a say in your business? Read about legal forms and governance.

  • Choosing a legal structure

    • Which legal structure suits your company?
    • Business structures in the Netherlands: overview
    • Changing your business structure, a step-by-step plan
    • Legal personality
    • Using a foreign legal structure in the Netherlands
    • Converting your sole proprietorship to a bv
  • Dutch legal structures

    • Sole trader or sole proprietorship
    • Private limited company (BV) in the Netherlands
    • General partnership (vof)
    • Professional partnership (maatschap)
    • Limited partnership (CV)
    • Cooperative
    • Public limited company (NV)
    • Association
    • Foundation
  • Other organisation structures

    • The holding company
    • Trust office foundation (STAK)
    • Joint venture
    • What is an NGO and how do you start one?
  • International legal forms

    • Using a foreign legal structure in the Netherlands
    • Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
    • The SE
    • The SCE
    • The EEIG
    • Foreign entities and branches
  • Governance

    • Manage the governance and supervision of your legal entity
    • Articles of association
    • One-tier or two-tier board as a governance model
    • Liability of a director or committee member
    • A mission, vision, and strategy
    • Spouse, civil partner, or children working in the company
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