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Houthoff: The Dutch ‘Stichting’

The Dutch ‘stichting’, also referred to as ‘foundation’, is an already widely used type of legal entity, allowing major corporates, investors and others around the globe to separate economic interest and control (whether permanently or temporarily) in ways they do not manage to do effectively through structures available in other jurisdictions. We believe that the stichting could be used even more extensively in international deal making and governance situations in years to come.

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Loyens & Loeff: SFDR 2.0 – Towards simpler and more effective product categories

On 6 November 2025, a draft version of the revised Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) – commonly referred to as SFDR 2.0 – was leaked, offering an early glimpse into the European Commission’s (EC) proposed changes. While SFDR 2.0 has been anticipated for some time, its specific content remained undisclosed until now. The leak, occurring just two weeks ahead of the expected official publication (19 November 2025), proposes replacing the existing product categories pursuant to article 6/8/9 of SFDR with new product categories.

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Houthoff: Red flags from black boxes: legal due diligence in the age of AI

Ivar Brouwer describes how artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing legal due diligence. AI has made the process of document analysis – which used to take lawyers weeks – quicker and more efficient. As a result, the focus is shifting from fact gathering to strategic insight. The future, the author concludes, is hybrid: human where necessary, AI where possible.

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