Business Support Legal
'We overview the entire legal spectrum of your growing business'
With the services of Business Support Legal (BSL) you can count on a new member in your team.
With the experience which we have gained over decades we ensure a reliable overview of the actual legal spectrum of your business.
We have been working mostly in international projects for SME companies.
With solid anchors in the areas of contract, corporate, IP, and privacy law (GDPR/DPO) we identify, analyze and solve the emerging legal issues
that need be addressed.
Flexible, hands-on; independent or in teams.
We prefer solutions to litigation.
You will be able to plug in on our broad experience at any time. You will no longer have to fully outsource all legal matters to external and mostly expensive law firms. Thus saving on your legal expenses.
Now and then BSL advises specialized legal work to be outsourced. We have thorough knowledge of the international legal community and its practices and a reliable international network. We are experienced in selecting, instructing and monitoring law firms that charge realistic rates.
We have been active in the international
food, trust, energy, water treatment, science, chemical, construction, media/entertainment, IT and start-up sectors.
Business Support Legal works on interim, part-time, subscription or project basis and always at competitive rates.
How We Work
BSL prefers to work as a member of your team.
With a keen eye for what your product, technology or service is about. Working with the various disciplines within your organization. Getting all cogs in the machine to interlock is key to achieving the best results. Tailoring the deal in great detail. Ensuring short lines, fast decisions and clear communication accomplishes this approach.
As negotiators we aim at a deal that all parties consider as recognizing their specific needs and requirements. What is ultimately signed is, in essence, the checklist that the parties have meticulously worked through. Thus, minimizing the chance of having to re-open issues. The contract is a protocol for collaboration. A document for successors. Careful contract negotiation forms the basis for productive cooperation.
We have successfully assisted numerous enterprises in this process.
Recommendations
'I worked closely and effectively with Barend van Nievelt in the process of the going concern sale of a large poultry breeding company with operations across the USA. Our small ad-hoc multi-disciplnary team based in California achieved a full repayment of all loans provided to the company by Rabobank International. Barend van Nievelt took responsibility for and succesfully monitored all legal transactions in this 12 months project. It was a total pleasure working with Barend on this project.'
Frank van Straalen, Chief Financial Officer at Monrovia Nursery Company
'I had the pleasure of working with Barend van Nievelt on several occasions in several countries. We have frequently been working as a tandem. Barend on the legal side, when I was doing the business and commercial part. Our roles were reinforcing each other and it was very comforting to know that everything I did was so well covered and backed by the legal support Barend was giving.'
Hans ten Bergen, New Markets Development Manager at MASA Group
Your legal coach.Every step of the way.
Legal Staffing
BSL now delivers complete interim legal staffing services covering the entire spectrum of international business law. Early 2012 Wolter Kymmell (see
his
resume) joined BSL with a view of servicing larger multinationals in tandem with Van Nievelt. With their complementary experience and know-how they are able to provide flexible, hands-on and solution focused legal support to the business. Both have already been servicing A. Schulman, Inc. (NASDAQ/SHLM, plastic compounds) for two years as adjunct legal counsel EMEA and Asia. The two equally experienced professionals have proven their ability to deliver the full range of legal services that a larger expanding multinational typically requires.
Services
The services range from typical in-house corporate advice to the complete legal management of start-ups abroad. With their roots in large international law firms Van Nievelt and Kymmell know when additional input of law firms may be necessary and how to manage outside counsel. This results in considerable legal expense reduction. As the work is getting organized and increasing in volume BSL will typically assist you in finding a full time employed legal counsel and to prepare him/her for the job.
Recommendation
'I have retained and worked with Wolter Kymmell and Barend Van Nievelt on many projects over several years. They bring great experience and professionalism to their assignments and deliver practical, client focused service.'
David Minc, Chief Legal Officer, A. Schulman, Inc.
About The Owner
Business Support Legal is owned by Barend F. van Nievelt.
From the start of his career Van Nievelt has operated cross border for the main part (see his resume). A pioneer’s job more than often. For instance, when involved in the formation of Agrisovgaz, one of the first Western/Soviet Union joint-ventures (1989). Or when forging several agricultural technology joint-ventures in a still sleepy India (1990).
Or while performing a major interim assignment in the US for Rabobank NY (1991).
Van Nievelt carried out such projects mostly in small ad hoc management teams. Working at operational practical level. Making use of the network of international law firms that he had been introduced to during his employment at Loeff Claeys Verbeke.
Throughout the years Van Nievelt has developed into someone who is able to perform flexibly, stand alone and result driven under stressful circumstances in various cultures.
Serving always as a guide to companies with modest or ambitious plans to conquer unknown territory.