Netherlands

Welcome to the Netherlands

The role of the Netherlands in the wider European context creates an environment where economic analysis is important. Not only are many multinationals based here, the Netherlands also offers a favourable climate for follow-on damages claims.

With a senior team on the ground in Amsterdam, we’re ready to work with you on any economics and finance issue relating to regulation, competition, or litigation.

Our Amsterdam team works with colleagues from across Oxera’s network of European offices to help our clients make better decisions. Whether it’s in competition, litigation or regulation, Dutch businesses, law firms and regulators find Oxera’s economics and finance insights key to their cases.

Local Insights

25 September 2025

Agenda

< 1 minute read

ACM’s draft method decisions for gas and electricity networks

Across Europe, several regulators are consulting on how their frameworks should evolve to respond to the challenges that energy networks face due to climate commitments and the broader macroeconomic environment. The Autoriteit Consument & Markt (the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, ACM) has now entered this debate with its… Read More

05 September 2025

Agenda

8 minute read

The role of regulation in spurring innovation and growth in the EU and the UK

Since the 2008 financial crisis, both the EU and the UK have experienced sustained periods of low growth and weak productivity. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these trends, and their share of global GDP has continued to decline, especially relative to the US and emerging economies. This has provoked scrutiny… Read More

22 August 2025

Reports

AI, competition, and regulation: navigating the challenges ahead

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a general-purpose technology driving technological change at a rapid pace, reshaping industries, markets, and broader economic structures. While AI offers the prospect of significant productivity gains and economic growth, these benefits are not guaranteed and come with inherent risks and costs. Among the risks are the… Read More