Van Velzen C.S. is the independent external legal advisor for entrepreneurs with boundless ambitions. As international business lawyers, we primarily support small and medium-sized businesses expanding across borders.

Our clients focus on their core business while we relieve them of burdens associated with international trade transactions, posting employees to projects abroad, and establishing entities in other jurisdictions.

We design the corporate structure, incorporate the company, obtain all necessary licenses and permits, assist in the appointment of a distributor or agent, and ensure that contracts and, where required, work permits are in place.

As legal experts, we safeguard business continuity and ensure our clients are export-compliant. Our focus lies in segmenting, isolating, and mitigating risks across each of the three practice areas in which we operate.

Van Velzen C.S. forms the link between entrepreneurs and international business.

Entrepreneurs are in the right place for legal services in the following areas:

Corporate Focused on the legal aspects of international business establishments and foreign companies. More information Commercial Focused on advising entrepreneurs on the consequences of cross-border commercial transactions. More information Mobility Focused on providing legal advice and support for the secondment of specialists, managers and other employees abroad. More information

The areas in which we operate are interrelated and, where possible, strategically integrated by Van Velzen C.S., resulting in a secure legal framework for doing business internationally. Whether you are planning to start exporting to country X, set up a subsidiary in country Y, or post a specialist to country Z, you have come to the right place for legal guidance.

We operate regional and country desks, applying specific experience with and understanding of a particular market, legal system, or cultural context to support foreign businesses working in or with that specific region or country.

Van Velzen C.S. operates the following desks:

North America Desk
Scandinavia Desk
Middle East Desk
India Desk
Türkiye Desk

We build legal bridges that withstand any storm, with export readiness and business continuity as our guiding principles. As international business lawyers, we work with companies and service providers around the globe and have built extensive experience in cross-border operations over the past decades. We are proud to celebrate our 35th anniversary in 2025, a milestone that reflects our longstanding commitment to helping hundreds of clients turn their international ambitions into actual international growth.