Dutch that actually works in a compliance-heavy workplace.
Your internationals can do their day job in English. They can't close a KYC interview, sit through a compliance review, or read a DNB circular without it. That's the gap we close.
Finance and legal profiles our learners work with
English fluency is not enough for a regulated floor.
Three specific places where an English-only international runs out of runway in a Dutch financial services or legal environment, and where completion-style programmes quietly fail them.
Compliance vocabulary gap
DNB, AFM, KYC, witwasbestrijding, sanctions screening, BKR. Technical Dutch that sits between legal and financial registers. Generic business Dutch doesn't teach it, and senior internationals guess rather than ask.
Client-facing credibility
Dutch clients switch to English for complex conversations and then quietly route the relationship to a Dutch-speaking colleague. It's invisible on the surface and expensive in year-two retention.
Formal register blind spots
u versus je. Formal email etiquette. The right way to write a compliance memo or decline politely in writing. Things Dutch colleagues read instantly and judge silently.
Built for your floor, not a generic business-Dutch template.
Every finance and legal programme we run is customized to the firm. Your dashboard is styled in your brand. Your content library is curated for your sector, your internal vocabulary, and your actual client conversations. This is the part Berlitz cannot do.
Regulatory and compliance vocabulary
DNB circular language, AFM reporting terminology, KYC and AML conversation scripts. We source real public regulatory Dutch and build it into the daily audio.
Client conversation patterns
Formal phone opens, meeting Dutch for senior clients, the Polder-model way to disagree without closing a door. Practice episodes structured around the conversations your team actually has.
Register calibration: u versus je
When to switch, how to recover when you slip, how to read which register a Dutch counterparty is inviting. The part that separates conversational Dutch from professional Dutch.
Branded HR dashboard
Your logo, your colours, your cohort names. Your Head of People opens it and sees a programme that belongs inside the firm, not a third-party app bolted on.
Every company programme is fully bespoke. Your HR dashboard is styled to your brand. The content library is curated for your sector and your internal jargon. The coaching reflects your actual workplace register. We do not run you through a template.
A 900-person financial services firm in Amsterdam's Zuidas
Twenty internationals in risk, trading, and compliance roles. A2 to B1 the stated goal. Daily-habit delivery replacing a failing classroom agency. Quarterly CEFR checkpoints reported straight to the CHRO.
20
Cohort size
18 / 20
A2 to B1 in 9 months
87%
Weekly attendance
+14%
Year-two retention
Illustrative composite based on typical cohort outcomes across our corporate programmes. Real numbers from your specific programme are reported quarterly in your own HR dashboard. We will share a live sample report during the discovery call.
The programme your compliance team won't block.
Scope a pilot against your actual team in 15 minutes. We will show you the sector-specific dashboard, share a sample report, and quote you a fixed pilot price before you hang up.