Mr Frédéric Verhoeven > Houthoff > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Houthoff
GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 50
1082 MA AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Position

Frédéric specialises in cross-border insolvency law and restructuring. He advises clients involved in an array of insolvency situations (companies, creditors, investments institutions and directors). Frédéric is also regularly appointed as a bankruptcy trustee and administrator by the district courts. In recent years, he has been engaged as a lawyer or bankruptcy trustee in international restructurings and bankruptcies in the Netherlands, including Lehman Brothers, Oi, OSX / OGX, SwissAir, Van der Hoop Bankiers, Joh, Enschedé and DSB Bank. Frédéric is the head of Houthoff’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice group.

Frédéric teaches and publishes on insolvency law, and is a board member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOLAD). He is also a member of the specialists’ association INSOL Europe and the International Insolvency Institute.

Languages

Dutch, English, French

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency

(Hall of Fame)

Frédéric VerhoevenHouthoff

Houthoff‘s restructuring and insolvency team has strong capabilities handling the broad range of matters for its clients, including advising on the complex restructuring schemes of multi-million euro companies; on suspension of payments matters; and on the distribution of high-value interest claims to high numbers of creditors in multi-party cases. At the team’s helm is ‘trusted partner and impressive negotiator’ Christiaan Zijderveld, who is well equipped to advise clients on the array of distressed situations. Frédéric Verhoeven is another noteworthy practitioner in the team with a banking and finance specialism and particular experience in cross-border matters. David Heems is focused on the full-range of contentious work in relation to insolvencies, while senior associate Karien van Boekel is noted as being ‘a reliable expert in her field’.