Western Legal advises companies in the Netherlands on English law, Benelux, EU and UK trademark procedure, business debt recovery and judgment enforcement. All work is delivered remotely by a Solicitor of England and Wales (SRA No. 641612) and priced as a fixed fee in EUR before any work begins. We do not advise on Dutch law. Where Dutch law is decisive we work with correspondent Dutch counsel and tell you before any cost arises.
Handled entirely in writing. No hearings, no meetings, no attendance required.
One instruction, three registers. BOIP filings in English through an EEA correspondence address.
from EUR 745Demand, pre action correspondence and settlement against Dutch corporate debtors. Business to business claims only.
from EUR 465Whether your UK judgment qualifies under the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, with the strategy and evidence pack.
from EUR 875Whether an English court clause or an arbitration clause gives the better route into the Netherlands for your deal.
from EUR 570Commercial agreements drafted and reviewed under English law for Dutch companies trading internationally.
from EUR 800Structure, commercial terms, trademark and compliance mapping for selling into the United Kingdom.
quoted per projectWestern Legal adviseert Nederlandse ondernemingen over het volledige Engelse handelsrecht: contracten en algemene voorwaarden, distributie-, licentie- en dienstverleningsovereenkomsten, oprichting en aandeelhoudersovereenkomsten, overnames, huurovereenkomsten voor bedrijfsruimte, incasso en geschillenbeslechting, arbeidscontracten voor Brits personeel, UK GDPR, en merken in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, de Benelux en de Europese Unie. Al het werk wordt verricht door een Solicitor of England and Wales (SRA nr. 641612), op afstand en schriftelijk.
Sinds de Brexit dekt een Uniemerk het Verenigd Koninkrijk niet meer. Wie naar Groot-Brittannië verkoopt heeft een afzonderlijke Britse registratie nodig.
Wij adviseren niet over Nederlands recht. Waar Nederlands recht doorslaggevend is werken wij samen met een Nederlandse correspondent en melden wij dat voordat er kosten ontstaan.
Vaste tarieven in euro, schriftelijk overeengekomen voordat het werk begint. De genoemde prijs is de prijs die u betaalt.
Advice, drafting and correspondence are delivered in English, because the work is English law. Enquiries and documents are welcome in the language above, and certified translation or an interpreter is arranged where needed, with the cost agreed before it is incurred.
Trademarks are where many clients start, but the practice covers the width of commercial work under English law. Whatever you send, the answer arrives in writing at a fixed fee agreed first.
NDAs, terms and conditions, distribution, agency, supply, licensing, SaaS, services and bespoke agreements drafted, reviewed and negotiated.
UK incorporation, SPVs, shareholder agreements, resolutions and filings, buying and selling businesses, due diligence and completion.
Commercial leases reviewed and negotiated, licences, variations, dilapidations and landlord matters for premises in England and Wales.
Letters before action, statutory demands, settlement negotiation, mediation representation, arbitration written stages and construction adjudication.
UK and EU trademarks, international filings, opposition defence, domain disputes, copyright and enforcement.
Employment contracts and handbooks for UK staff, tribunal work, UK GDPR documentation, website legal packs and regulatory responses.
What we do not do is your local law. That is referred to correspondent counsel in your jurisdiction, and we tell you before any cost arises.
Written reply within 24 hours. Trademarks filed within 48 hours of instruction. Documents in days, not weeks. Never "3 to 5 business days" just to hear back.
| Item | What it covers | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| UK trademark, one class | Filed at the UKIPO within 48 hours of instruction. New EU filings do not cover the United Kingdom. | from EUR 745 |
| Each additional class | Added at filing. | EUR 325 |
| EU trademark | Filed through our established EU correspondent agent, plus the EUIPO fee at cost. | from EUR 800 |
| Trademark opposition defence | TM8 and evidence rounds, fixed for the whole defence. | EUR 1,610 |
| NDA or confidentiality agreement | Drafted or reviewed under English law. | from EUR 325 |
| Contract review and markup | Distribution, supply, licensing, SaaS or services agreements reviewed with a written risk report and negotiation points. | from EUR 800 |
| Bespoke commercial agreement | Drafted from your commercial terms under English law. | from EUR 1,680 |
| Terms and conditions | Customer or supplier terms built for English law. | from EUR 875 |
| Shareholder or partnership agreement | Control, exit, deadlock and transfer provisions. | from EUR 2,215 |
| Benelux trademark (BOIP) | One filing covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Filed and defended in English, with an EEA correspondence address supplied through our EU correspondent. | from EUR 800 |
| Benelux designation via the Madrid Protocol | Benelux designated from your existing base registration. | from EUR 1,680 |
| BOIP oppositions and office actions | Strategy, drafting and filing through the EEA correspondence address. | quoted per matter |
| Demand letter to a Dutch company | Formal demand and pre action correspondence on a business to business claim against a corporate debtor. | from EUR 465 |
| Debt recovery, managed to settlement | Demand, correspondence and settlement negotiation in writing, up to the point of court proceedings. | quoted per matter |
| UK judgment enforcement assessment | Whether your UK judgment qualifies under the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, with the enforcement strategy and evidence pack. Dutch court filings are made by Dutch counsel who quote their own fees. | from EUR 875 |
| Arbitral award enforcement strategy | New York Convention route into the Netherlands, same structure. | from EUR 875 |
| Dispute clause engineering | Whether an exclusive English court clause or an arbitration clause gives you the better route into the Netherlands for this particular deal. | from EUR 570 |
| EU representative necessity assessment | Whether Article 27 GDPR requires you to appoint an EU representative at all, and what to do if it does. | from EUR 875 |
| Company formation and structure | UK incorporation, SPVs, holding structures and the constitutional documents. | from EUR 645 |
| Board and shareholder resolutions | Companies Act compliant minutes, allotments, transfers and filings. | from EUR 345 |
| Buying or selling a business | Legal due diligence with a written red flag report, and the sale or purchase agreement negotiated. | DD from EUR 2,280 · SPA from EUR 3,450 |
| Commercial lease, review and negotiation | Premises in England and Wales reviewed with a written risk report, terms negotiated to agreed form. | from EUR 875 |
| Employment documents for UK staff | Contracts, handbooks and policies for people you employ in the United Kingdom. | from EUR 495 |
| UK GDPR and website legal pack | Privacy notice, cookie consent, terms and processing records for the UK market. | from EUR 695 |
| Mediation representation and arbitration | Position statements, written submissions and settlement drafting. | from EUR 1,695 |
| Construction adjudication | Payment disputes under the Construction Act, decision typically in 28 days. | from EUR 2,280 |
| Domain name disputes | UDRP and Nominet DRS complaints, decided on the papers. | from EUR 1,115 |
| UK market entry package | Structure, commercial terms, trademark protection and a compliance map for entering the UK, as one fixed fee. | quoted per project |
Dutch brands sit inside two systems: the Benelux register covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and the EU trademark covering the whole Union. Neither covers the United Kingdom any longer.
We advise on which layer fits your trade, and file and defend at all three levels: Benelux, EU and UK. One instruction, three registers, fixed fees agreed in writing before filing, official fees at cost.
We act for international businesses recovering unpaid invoices from corporate debtors in the Netherlands: the formal demand, the pre action correspondence and the settlement negotiation, delivered in writing at fixed fees.
If court proceedings become necessary we hand over to Dutch litigation counsel with the file fully prepared. Our role is everything up to court.
We act on business to business claims against companies only.
Since 1 July 2025, judgments from UK proceedings commenced on or after that date can be recognised and enforced in the Netherlands under the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention. Most creditors holding UK judgments against Dutch counterparties do not yet know this route exists.
We assess whether your judgment qualifies, prepare the enforcement strategy and the evidence, and coordinate the Dutch court stage with local counsel. Arbitral awards are enforceable under the New York Convention on the same model.
A contract is only as good as its enforcement route. For deals with Dutch counterparties, both English court judgments and arbitral awards now carry treaty enforcement paths into the Netherlands.
We draft English law agreements with the dispute clause chosen deliberately around that reality, matched to the size and nature of your deal.
Market entry structure, English law commercial terms, UK trademark protection and UK data protection compliance for Dutch companies selling into the United Kingdom, delivered as fixed fee packages by a Solicitor of England and Wales.
No. We advise on English law and on UK and EU trademark procedure. Dutch law questions go to correspondent Dutch counsel, with the cost agreed with you first.
Only if it was registered before 1 January 2021, in which case a comparable UK right was created automatically at the end of the transition period. New EU filings made since then do not cover the UK, so a separate UK application is required. We confirm your exact position as part of any filing instruction.
That is a commercial decision, not an automatic one. English law is the most widely chosen governing law for international commercial contracts, and it is the law we draft in. Where your counterparty insists on Dutch law we will say so and refer the drafting rather than take work we should not.
A fixed fee in EUR, agreed in writing before work begins, valid for 30 days from the date of the quote. Official fees are passed through at cost.
No. We act on business to business claims against Dutch companies and other legal entities only. Claims against natural persons resident in the Netherlands, including sole traders, sit under a separate Dutch registration regime and we decline or refer them.
It depends on where you actually trade. A Benelux filing at BOIP covers the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and is the cheaper option if that is your market. An EU trademark covers the whole Union. Neither covers the United Kingdom, which needs its own filing.
Send a brief outline of your matter. You will receive a personal reply from a solicitor, with a fixed-fee quote where the scope is clear. Payment is taken before work begins; every fee is fixed in writing first.
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