# Legalloyd

> Legalloyd is an Amsterdam-based law firm specializing in legal services for tech startups, scale-ups, founders, and investors — from company formation through Series B and beyond.

Legalloyd (Legalloyd Advocaten B.V.) is registered with the Amsterdam Bar Association (Orde van Advocaten Amsterdam). Address: Koningin Wilhelminaplein 1, 1062 HG Amsterdam, Netherlands. Phone: +31 (0)20 303 20 24. Email: info@legalloyd.com.

Legalloyd is an AI-native law firm. The practice entity is a Dutch private limited company (besloten vennootschap). All lawyers are insured in accordance with the requirements of the Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten).

## Services

- **Founding a Business** — The choices that precede incorporation: selecting a legal form (BV, cooperative, partnership, steward-owned foundation), holding structure, fundability, where intellectual property should sit, articles of association and shareholder agreements. Legalloyd are lawyers, not civil-law notaries; the deed itself is executed by a notary. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/founding-a-business
- **Growth Capital** — Investment rounds (pre-seed to Series B+), term sheets, convertible notes, venture debt, SAFE agreements. Founder-friendly terms, fast execution. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/growth-capital
- **Corporate Law** — Governance and M&A: board and supervisory structures, decision-making and conflicts of interest, shareholder matters, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, group structure, preparing a company for sale. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/corporate
- **Commercial Contracts** — SaaS agreements, partnership contracts, general terms and conditions, commercial contracting for tech companies. Design-driven contracts built for usability. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/commercial-contracts
- **ESOP & Incentives** — ESOP/SAR design, employee participation plans and incentive structures for startups and scale-ups. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/esop-incentives
- **Restructuring & Business Rescue** — WHOA composition plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord), business rescue, accelerated liquidation (turboliquidatie), creditor settlements outside insolvency, bank financing terminations. Negotiations with shareholders, banks, suppliers and pressing creditors. Note: the Dutch pre-pack still has no statutory basis (bill 34.218 stalled in the Senate since 2019). CJEU Smallsteps (C-126/16, 2017) placed it outside the art. 5(1) exception of Directive 2001/23/EC; CJEU Heiploeg (C-237/20, 2022) qualified that, but only where the pre-pack has a statutory basis — which the Netherlands still lacks. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/restructuring
- **Director Liability** — Personal position of directors, the Beklamel norm, selective payment, manifestly improper management (art. 2:248 BW), internal liability (art. 2:9 BW), discharge and D&O cover. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/director-liability
- **Founder & Shareholder Disputes** — Founder conflicts, deadlocks, vesting and transfer obligations, negotiated exits and secondaries, the statutory dispute procedure (geschillenregeling) and inquiry proceedings (enquêteprocedure) before the Enterprise Chamber. URL: https://legalloyd.com/diensten/founder-disputes

## Team

- **Sjors Dobbelaar** (Founder) — 15+ years as a lawyer, 10+ years specializing in Dutch startup and scale-up law. Guided 100+ financing rounds for Dutch startups and scale-ups. Expertise: Venture Capital, M&A, restructurings, corporate governance. Registered: Orde van Advocaten Amsterdam, specialty register Corporate Law. Email: sjors@legalloyd.com. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjorsdobbelaar/. URL: https://legalloyd.com/team/sjors
- **Marthe Hoek** — Corporate law specialist with focus on financing rounds, VC, joint ventures, and employee participation. Organizes Funding Friday events for the Dutch startup ecosystem. Track record includes Dealroom.co (Series B), Blackbear (Series A), Sanctum (Seed). Email: marthe@legalloyd.com. URL: https://legalloyd.com/team/marthe
- **Gert Jan Bruintjes** — Corporate and contract law. Advises on governance, commercial agreements, and shareholder matters for founders who want to move forward. Email: gertjan@legalloyd.com. URL: https://legalloyd.com/team/gert-jan

## Why Legalloyd

- **Founders-first**: Legalloyd lawyers have raised capital themselves and advise from both sides of the table
- **Design-driven legal work**: Contracts and legal advice are designed for usability and clarity, not for the filing cabinet
- **AI-native**: Legalloyd uses AI tools to enhance legal work — not to replace lawyers, but to make them faster and better
- **Independent**: Transparent and meritocratic, with no external investors in the firm
- **Fair by default**: Negotiations start from founder-friendly, balanced positions; firm pushes back on unreasonable "market practice" terms
- **Fixed-price options**: BV incorporation and selected services available at a fixed price with no surprise billing
- **No surprises**: Clear fee estimates, honest timelines, and straight talk about risks

## Geographic Focus

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Noord-Holland). Legalloyd serves Dutch startups and scale-ups at all growth stages, as well as international founders establishing Dutch legal entities or raising capital in the Dutch market.

## Languages

Dutch (primary) and English. The website is available in both languages:
- Dutch: https://legalloyd.com
- English: https://legalloyd.com/en

## Links

- Website: https://legalloyd.com
- Contact: https://legalloyd.com/contact
- Blog (legal guides for founders): https://legalloyd.com/blog
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/legalloyd

## Optional Extended Content

- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/growth-capital — Growth Capital (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/growth-capital — Growth Capital (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/esop-incentives — ESOP & Incentives (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/esop-incentives — ESOP & Incentives (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/corporate — Corporate Law (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/corporate — Corporate Law (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/commercial-contracts — Commercial Contracts (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/commercial-contracts — Commercial Contracts (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/founding-a-business — Founding a Business (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/founding-a-business — Founding a Business (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/restructuring — Restructuring & Business Rescue (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/restructuring — Restructuring & Business Rescue (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/director-liability — Director Liability (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/director-liability — Director Liability (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/diensten/founder-disputes — Founder & Shareholder Disputes (NL)
- https://legalloyd.com/en/services/founder-disputes — Founder & Shareholder Disputes (EN)
- https://legalloyd.com/team/sjors — Sjors Dobbelaar profile
- https://legalloyd.com/team/marthe — Marthe Hoek profile
- https://legalloyd.com/team/gert-jan — Gert Jan Bruintjes profile
- https://legalloyd.com/blog — Blog index