The Legal 500 > Europe, Middle East & Africa > Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency

‘Very thorough, knowledgeable, great experience and clarity of how to run the process and the way forward.‘

‘Ferdinand Hengst knows how to manage the various stakeholders and has brought the whole process to a great end.’

‘Excellent team, in particular impressed by Ferdinand Hengst’.

‘Unique, in that it combines insolvency advice with deep knowledge of specialised industry fields’.

‘Ferdinand Hengst is recommended for his responsiveness, intelligence and helicopter view’.

‘Reinout Vriesendorp is recommended for his academic insights and international knowledge’.

‘Christiaan Zijderveld doesn’t need much information to analyse the situation and knows how to solve the issue’.       

‘Great team, great people, high quality, very reliable and always good’.

‘David Heems is very good, solid and reliable’.

‘Christiaan Zijderveld and Frédéric Verhoeven are both very knowledgeable, creative and a pleasure to work with’.  

‘The lawyers have experience from all angles of restructuring cases and are not afraid to give clear advice’.

‘Christiaan Zijderveld is a top class lawyer and very practical’.   

‘Houthoff is a boutique style law firm with very competent lawyers and a great restructuring practice’.

‘David Heems has an eye for detail and is verbally very strong.’

‘Excellent team, result-driven and pragmatic’.

‘They are extremely knowledgeable and definitely one of the market-leading practices’. 

‘Robert van Galen – the figurehead of the practice for many years, is a very strong technical insolvency lawyer and litigator who is a clear market leader’.

‘Teun van Struycken is very likeable and knowledgeable’.

‘Distinguishes from others due to the high quality of its legal professionals’.

‘A common characteristic that they all share is keeping a cool-headed approach under great pressure whilst driving for creative solutions in complex situations’.

‘Most of the Nauta professionals that I worked with have substantial gravitas and excellent client management skills’.                            

‘Provided a very good impression and top quality work’.

‘Paul Peters is a real expert in his field’. 

‘Open for discussion and very available’.        

‘In-depth technical know-how on specific loan portfolios’.

‘Able to explain complicated matters and make them simple to understand’.

‘Pragmatic and understand the specific needs of the client’.

‘Outstanding knowledge of applicable law and very practical’.

‘Very professional team with a long track record of successful recoveries’.

‘Jan Willem Bouman has a deep understanding of the issues; in some cases pragmatic solutions; and is well known in the recovery business’.

‘The team brings a full range of capacities that are required for complex instructions’.

‘Jan Willem Bouman explains, interprets and supports the entrepreneur’.

‘They provide short and direct lines of communication and a no-nonsense and personal way of communicating’.

‘Pick a fight and they will put up a defence to be reckoned with’.

‘Very out-of-the-box, informal, approachable team that gets things done’.

‘The team are abreast of technical developments and do not shy away from providing access to their tech network’.

‘The team is very “flat”, meaning associates have a say in how things are done and can freely express their ideas and strategies’.

‘Krijn Hoogenboezem is probably the coolest lawyer you will find in Amsterdam; he is very composed and admired by his peers both nationally and internationally’.

‘Krijn Hoogenboezem is clever, always finds a way and yet he is very down to earth and also funny’.

‘Pragmatic, involved, constructive lawyers that have a good feel for business needs’.

‘Made a very well-constructed and written contribution in negotiating with our bank’.         

‘Hanneke de Coninck provides personal and pragmatic expertise’.

‘Pieter van Ugchelen is committed and thinks ahead and with the client’.         

‘Florent distinguishes itself with its personal contact, fast feedback and human touch’.

‘Good mix of expertise, experience, customer focus and speed’.

‘Clear, practical commercial advice’.

‘Focused on delivering for the client and solving problems rather than wasting time on academic points’.

‘Vincent Vroom is highly knowledgeably, a trusted partner, who gets straight to the heart of an issue, always with options to solve’.

‘Excellent quality’.

‘Multi-jurisdictional experience, with a rich international network for the jurisdiction not covered first hand’.

‘Very seasoned partners with well-coached senior and junior counsel in the teams’.

‘Perfect multidisciplinary team players’.

‘Well-developed IT infrastructure, creative thinking and good business sense’.

‘Perfect project management in delicate and complicated situations’.

‘Quick delivery’.

‘The team have shown to greatly understand that their clients typically will have limited experience in dealing with restructuring and insolvency’.

‘They are able to quickly determine their client’s level of knowledge and experience, and tailor their communication and advice accordingly’.

‘They understand what the client needs, as well as the internal information sharing and decision making dynamics an in-house counsel has to deal with’.

‘Always available, and high quality and provide realistic advice, reflecting sound business sense and experience’.

‘The team composition is quite diverse’.

‘The manner in which they present their advice is very practical, such as decision tables, heat-maps, graphs, and other practical visuals they know will be useful for the client’.

‘Job van Hooff plays a key role in the day-to-day handling of matters’.

‘Job van Hooff is very knowledgeable’.

‘Strong team of insolvency professionals, especially in the field of complex financing structures’.               

‘The team works easily together with specialised firms in the field of corporate finance to get a 360 degree view on the situation’.            

‘Jasper Berkenbosch has an excellent overview of the case and controls all aspects very adequately’.

‘Very smart guys, accessible and fun to work with’.

‘They work together with top-notch local financial investigation firms in Amsterdam’.

 ‘Jasper Berkenbosch is extremely talented, very driven and client-friendly’.

‘They are always updated and well trained about the new trends of the law’.

‘Despite their level of excellence they are not complacent and are very nice to work with’.

‘Flexible, creative and able to think in the interests of all involved stakeholders’.   

‘Always looking for an innovative solution based on the last legal insights’.

‘They are positively surprising us with legal constructions and suggestions that improve our position’.

‘Stefan van Rossum is smart and very pragmatic, and is able to think in solutions instead of only mentioning what kind of risks are involved’.

‘A wide range of skills are incorporated in the team.’

‘Noor Zetteler is quick, accurate and great in communication.’

‘Excellent and in-depth knowledge of bankruptcy law and its application in practice.’

‘Very extensive practical experience with bankruptcy and insolvency, especially in the retail sector.’

‘Niche firm, known for its top level bankruptcy practice.’

‘Remco Vermaire and Willem Jan Van Andel and Noor Zettler are top lawyers in their field.’

‘The firm has a strong restructuring and insolvency practice.’

‘Noor Zetteler is highly regarded as an insolvency practitioner and managed to keep control and oversight over the situation.’

‘Thorough expertise and the ability to understand our business, an excellent service’.          

‘Quarterly meetings with key stakeholders, easy accessible, and transparent in rates and billing’.

‘Willingness to deliver the perfect service with a helicopter view’.

‘Very nice to work with, very professional’.

‘Peter Brouns has broad experience’.       

‘They have a good understanding how proceedings will go and what a bankruptcy judge will decide in a matter’.

‘When you talk with Peter Brouns you realise that he has deep experience in the field of insolvency law’.

‘Business-minded and flexible approach’.

‘Buren has provided an outstanding service by suggesting the best course of action in light of the situation we were facing’.            

‘They have the flexibility and proactive approach that normally you don’t see in other firms’.

‘They often go beyond their scope of work’.

‘The team has good insolvency expertise’.

‘Martijn Vermeeren is hands-on, easy to reach and gets things done’.

‘The insolvency team of Buren has specific knowledge regarding pre-pack of hospitals’.

‘They are experienced, very pleasant to work with and meet a high standard of quality’.

 ‘Martijn Vermeeren is a very knowledgeable insolvency lawyer’.

‘Both employees and partners are accessible.’

‘Because their experience in bankruptcies as trustees, they act in a practical way, without losing the sharp legal knowledge.’

‘The team has experience both as acting as a liquidator and as advisor for companies in financial distress.’

‘Both Jan Padberg and Robin de Wit are very pleasant to work with.’

‘Robin de Wit is a strong and pragmatic insolvency advisor who wants to come to the best deal possible for all stakeholders involved.’

‘Jan Padberg is persuasive, knowledgeable, responsive and pragmatic in his approach.’

‘Johan Westerhof is very experienced and practical in his approach.’

Johan Westerhof is very capable of leading a team and is fun to work with.’

‘As a restructuring/corporate finance consultancy firm we like to work with them because of their client and solution-oriented attitude’.

‘They have a good relation with a lot of business and juridical people’.

‘They’re pro-active with new developments’.

‘Marcel Windt and Ruben Leeuwenburgh are outstanding in insolvency and restructuring, they are always thinking about the next steps, very capable, flexible and easy to contact’.

‘Highly professional, in-depth knowledge, excellent communication and swift responses’.

‘Strong partnership attitude in any challenge’.

‘They walk the path along with you and hold your hand professionally’.

‘They really try with great effort to understand you and to stand by you’.