Covid-19

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about with it a range of legal issues faced by businesses. Our team of experts can help your business with a variety of matters including:

• Access to testing, vaccination and other healthcare markets
• Leasing and rent payments for commercial landlords and tenants
• Compliance with any temporary coronavirus related measures in your business operations
• Funding / subsidies / support to businesses and related regulatory or shareholder issues
• Company law updates and exemptions (e.g. virtual shareholder meetings)
• Special sector specific Covid-19 regulations such as banking regulation and screening of investments in certain sectors
• Covid-19 related restructurings and insolvencies

Examples of Covid-related matters OSK has acted on include:

• Urgent relief proceedings in early 2020 on behalf of a German and Dutch PCR-test venture to gain access to the Dutch market and to secure government funding
• Negotiations on behalf of a German PCR-test laboratory and its Dutch partner with the Dutch government on access to the Dutch market and test capacity
• Representation of a Canadian client in a number of litigation proceedings regarding the rent price for prime retail locations during the lock down
• High profile urgent relief proceedings against the Dutch government on behalf of 30 claimants that operate more than 300 test facilities throughout the Netherlands, in order to gain access to a EUR 925 million project to conduct 400.000 rapid antigen tests per day for selected events during lock down
• Advising on tender submissions for government testing project
• Participation in a procedure before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands on issues of breach of lease agreement or unforeseen circumstances caused by the corona pandemic