LXA advised PAM Projecten B.V., shareholder of CAD Accent B.V., in the sales process of the shares of CAD Accent to Arkance Systems of France. The underlying rationale was the strategy of Autodesk, the main supplier of CAD Accent, to have its distrubutors operate on a larger scale and become more professional. Arkance Systems on its side wanted to penetrate the promissing Dutch market in this ICT segment.
LXA advised Verboon Beheer with the sale of its shares in Verboon Groen & GWW and Verboon Machines to BTL. BTL is part of the Idverde group, the European market leader in the green sector.
For Infarm, LXA successfully set-up its Dutch branch.
LXA advised Seedrs Ltd on its acquisition of interest in a Dutch scale-up (venture capital transaction).
Within the group of shareholders in a family run business, disagreement arose about the course of the company. The difference of opinion - also at management level - ran high and led to the future of the company being called into question. By going to the Enterprise Division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (in Dutch: Ondernemingskamer), LXA was able to ensure that the majority shareholder obtained control at management level, thus enabling the company to function again.
For Innovative Stone Technologies, LXA successfully handled multiple equity financing transactions with multiple investors.
For Almacena, LXA successfully handled multiple equity financing transactions with multiple investors and co-founders.
LXA advised Fitshe on its acquisition of Fitgirlcode (venture capital transaction).
For Proctor Exam, LXA successfully made Proctor Exam investment ready.
On behalf of the Commercial Contracts team of LXA The Law Firm, Herman Knotter and Kim van de Wiel assisted the online travel company Prijsvrij in an important civil action against tour operator Thomas Cook Nederland. The District Court of Amsterdam ruled in its judgment of 29 August 2018 that termination of the agency agreement by Thomas Cook Nederland was in violation of competition law. In these proceedings, LXA The Law Firm worked together with Bas Braeken and Marianne Meijssen of Maverick advocaten.