
Welcome
My name is Bob Wessels. I have been an independent legal counsel, advisor and arbitrator, with 45 years of business experience. For over 25 years I acted as a deputy justice in the Court of Appeal in The Hague. From 1988-2014 I was a law professor (civil law, commercial law, insolvency law) at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and the University of Leiden. This website illustrates a number of my past and present activities.
You can follow me through my blog. You can also find me on: linkedin.com/in/bobwessels. For further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Recent blog posts
- 2025-05-doc1 Is the EU-Mercosur partnership agreement missing a link?1 May 2025In December 2024, the EU and Mercosur finalised negotiations for a groundbreaking EU-Mercosur partnership agreement. Mercosur stands for ‘El Mercado Común del Sur’ (Common Market of the Southern Cone or The Southern Common Market) and was ... Read More »
- 2025-04-doc2 Cryptocurrencies ‘property right?, and the Dutch Tax man29 April 2025Can cryptocurrencies be taxed? My eye fell on a case of 25 April this year from the Netherlands Supreme Court (Tax Chambers) A taxpayer (X) believes that cryptocurrencies (in this case bitcoins and altcoins) are not ‘property rights’ ... Read More »