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1 VDB advocaten NOTARISSEN. Our take on things. About the organisation Attorneys-at-law Civil-law notaries

2 How keen can advice be? VDB Advocaten Notarissen. Our take on things. Our legal advice is keen when it comes to clarifying the boundaries of the playing field. On that solid basis, you always know how much leeway you have left. Advice from people who think like entrepreneurs.

3 Organisation Over the past 60 years, VDB Advocaten Notarissen, established in the Southern Netherlands, has become a well-recognised firm providing specialist legal services to businesses. VDB Advocaten Notarissen is among the top 50 law firms in the Netherlands. Alongside numerous Brabant-based family owned businesses, our client base includes a number of national and international medium-sized and large enterprises. We are proud of our relationship with the many family businesses. The personal attention, the focus on service and the no-nonsense approach always aimed at finding the best solution are the very lifeblood of our firm. VDB Advocaten Notarissen will advise you on every aspect of legal practice. With offices in Rosmalen and Waalre, more than 40 attorneys-at-law and 20 (junior) civil-law notaries cooperate closely to provide integrated advice. TWO organisations, a single vision VDB Advocaten Notarissen operate a strategic alliance with Witlox Van den Boomen, a firm employing more than 300 financial, fiscal and HR professionals. Based on the rules of professional conduct, the two are separate organisations but share a single vision and common approach. As a result, we respond to our clients consultancy needs that often go beyond the boundaries of just one specialisation. We offer an integrated approach to all your business issues, and are able to rapidly consult with the other service providers within our multidisciplinary organisations. Thanks to this multidisciplinary approach to ideas and working methods, we understand better than anyone the added value of fully-integrated practice for our clients and their activities. TWO organisations with a single vision

4 How preventive can advice be? VDB Advocaten Notarissen. Our take on things. Our legal advice reaches you when it can still be useful: in advance. We provide plans that allow you to be proactive rather than reactive. Advice from people who think like entrepreneurs.

5 Geographical presence From offices in the Southern Netherlands, where VDB Advocaten Notarissen provide excellent coverage and perfect access, we work on behalf of clients established within and beyond our national borders. From these local offices, VDB Advocaten Notarissen also serve the border region with Belgium and Germany, and can call upon a wealth of specific knowledge and the experience necessary to allow their clients to do business in these border areas. International If your activities go beyond the Dutch border region, VDB Advocaten Notarissen have excellent contacts with fellow law firms in practically every corner of the globe. We are also member of the Warwick Legal Network, a leading network of law firms with offices in almost every European country. Many of the lawyers that make up the Warwick Legal Network are personal acquaintances and are used to cooperating internationally with a view to offering high-quality, cross-border legal services. Regional and international

6 How clear can advice be? VDB Advocaten Notarissen. Our take on things. Our legal advice leaves nothing to chance. We issue clear, simple and well-argued statements on the ideal course to follow. Advice from people who think like entrepreneurs.

7 Mission Statement In all our services, our clients situation is always the starting point. Personal attention plays a crucial role. Together with you, we assess what actions have to be taken. We then offer clear-cut advice, and support you every step of the way in putting your plans into action. Looking forward Advice from VDB Advocaten Notarissen really boils down to anticipating future developments on the basis of facts. We produce assessments and then respond to your opportunities and possible threats, always against the background of a proactive approach. Giving guidance In our advice, we have the courage to set out a clear course of action. We believe in the importance of sharing our own opinions, in a pragmatic and personal manner that meets your specific needs. We support you with sound, professional knowledge, and are available whenever needed to serve as an experienced sparring partner, backed up by the requisite expertise. Approach Because most of your issues will involve more than one specialist field, we integrate smoothly with fellow professionals in-house and if necessary with advisors from our strategic partner Witlox Van den Boomen. With our multidisciplinary tradition, we recognise better than anyone the strength of an integrated approach in dealing with your business. Coordinating cases of this kind is in effect itself a specialism, and as such our second nature. The result is a complete and well-balanced view of your business and sound arguments to underpin your decisions. Therein often lies the secret; but it is of course not possible in advance to predict what direction a case will take. We too have no crystal ball, but we can call upon sound expertise and years of experience. Advising means daring to give guidance

8 How explicit can advice be? VDB Advocaten Notarissen. Our take on things. Our legal advice is focused on effect. Well-motivated recommendations for specific steps, each of which bring you closer to your goal. Advice from people who think like entrepreneurs.

9 Services VDB Advocaten Notarissen are business service providers active in the field of consultancy and support in the provision of the following services: Legal services With our alliance partner VDB Advocaten Notarissen, we can offer the expert legal counselling you need in all areas of the law relevant to you, including tendering law, liability, loss and insurance, corporate law (mergers and takeovers and trade law and disputes), labour law, insolvency, intellectual property/ict, construction and real estate, private and family law/estate planning. Civil-law notaries Our civil-law notaries offer broad expertise in corporate law, real estate, private and family law. Our civil-law notaries will advise and counsel you on issues, transactions and special financing facilities and ensure the recording of all agreements reached. Team spirit is the key to our comprehensive advice

10 How lucid can advice be? VDB Advocaten Notarissen. Our take on things. Our legal advice answers all your questions. We give clear and well-argued statements in language you understand. Advice from people who think like entrepreneurs.

11 Our advisors Our advisors are not only specialists in their own field, but also understand fully what it means to counsel businesses and business people. At VDB Advocaten Notarissen, every client is backed up by a team of competent people who coordinate their service provision. In that way, we avoid miscommunication. It goes without saying that our work processes are as cost-efficient as possible, with work being delegated to the relevant level of experience, in consultation with our clients. If the situation requires it, we can also call in expertise from other disciplines. This helps us find the ultimate solution to every problem. Working at VDB Advocaten Notarissen At VDB Advocaten Notarissen, diversity is an essential criterion in the composition of our teams. To provide integrated services to our clients, we make maximum use of all the qualities and competences presented by our advisors. As well as experience and professional expertise, we also attach considerable value to character, dynamism and style. Against that background, professionalism combined with a personal touch are essential traits for our advisors. And they are selected on that basis. Professional and personal

12 VDB Advocaten Notarissen Attorneys-at-law and Civil-law notaries Burgemeester Burgerslaan 42 P.O. Box AD Rosmalen The Netherlands T +31 (0) F +31 (0) Eindhovenseweg 126 P.O. Box AD Waalre The Netherlands T +31 (0) F +31 (0) E info@vdb-law.nl I VDB Advocaten Notarissen maintains a strategic alliance with Witlox Van den Boomen.