Bankruptcy

Want to buy a bankrupt business? In our Knowledge Bank you will find all kinds of articles about restarting a business from bankruptcy, buying a bankrupt business from a trustee and what to look out for in this kind of "challenging" takeover.

Bankruptcy: what does it entail? And how do you prevent it?

Declining customer orders, cash flow problems due to bad-paying debtors or management failure. Sometimes small- and medium-sized business owners struggle to keep their heads above water.

Wietze Willem Mulder

Jan. 16, 2025

Restart after bankruptcy? You can buy (part of) the contents at auction or buy the entire business from the trustee.

Starting over after bankruptcy

A changing market, falling demand or too low a profit margin? There are dozens of reasons why a business can go bankrupt.

Wietze Willem Mulder

January 15, 2025

In the end, it comes down to the-most-voted money from creditors and you'll know if your reprieve is final.

Bankruptcy

Suspension of payment

When things don't look as favorable as expected, the specter of impending bankruptcy soon strikes the entrepreneur's heart. A suspension of payments can be requested from the court; this is a special form of moratorium. But when do you actually have this option?

Wietze Willem Mulder

14 January 2025

These 10 tips will help you successfully take over a bankrupt business from a receiver. Read our tips for achieving a relaunch.

Bankrupt business takeover from receiver: 10 tips

Buying a bankrupt business from a receiver has quite a few hooks and eyes. But maybe it actually offers opportunities for your position in the market.

Wietze Willem Mulder

January 13, 2025

Buying a business with debt can be part of your business strategy. It's complex, so keep the following things in mind.

Buy a business with debt

Buying a not-so-good business can be part of your growth strategy. But buying a business with debt involves different aspects than buying a thriving business.

Wietze Willem Mulder

May 09, 2023

Business valuation plays a central role in the Homologation Private Arrangement Act (WHOA) in several ways.

The urgency of sound valuation and the WHOA

Businesses in dire straits have recently been given the opportunity by this law to make the business healthy, and business valuation plays a central role here in various ways. 

Geert Hoedjes

08 July 2021

Ondernemend Nederland cries out for the introduction of the WHOA, because this law can prevent a lot of bankruptcies in corona time.

How the WHOA can prevent many bankruptcies

Ondernemend Nederland cries out for the introduction of the WHOA, because this law can prevent a lot of bankruptcies in corona time.

Robbert Peek

May 18, 2020