Asset purchase agreement (Dutch)

-- For sellers, purchasers and their advisers --

Dutch law governed asset purchase agreement (APA) in Dutch between one seller and one purchaser. The market practice APA is balanced and can be used in transactions where extensive protection for the purchaser is not required. The document is also used in intra-group acquisitions and in acquisitions of distressed companies.

The APA facilitates both the acquisition of an entire business undertaking and the acquisition of standalone assets and/or liabilities. It comes with fundamental representations and warranties from the parties, excluding representations and warranties regarding the business and its activities.

Terms of this document configurable to your needs include:

  • Details of the parties
  • Assets and/or liabilities to be transferred
  • Transfer of employees
  • Purchase price
  • VAT applicability
  • Limitation of liability
  • Dispute resolution

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