Prof Mr Thijs van Zanten > Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V. > Utrecht, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V. Offices
MALIESINGEL 20
3581 BE UTRECHT
PO BOX 354, 3500 AJ UTRECHT
Netherlands
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Prof Mr Thijs van Zanten
Work Department
Restructuring & Insolvency and Supreme Court Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Thijs van Zanten is a partner with the firm and heads the Supreme Court Litigation section. He advises and litigates in disputes in the areas of insolvency law, corporate law, contract law and liability law, including directors’ and professional liability. He appears before the fact-finding instances and in cassation and preliminary reference proceedings before the Supreme Court. Thijs also offers assistance in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and the Benelux Court of Justice. He is a law professor at the University of Groningen.
Critical and solution-oriented
Thijs is an optimistic and creative lawyer with advanced linguistic skills. He challenges everything, often leading to unexpected insights and regaining momentum in stalled cases. Each day, his goal is provide the best quality possible. “I enjoy working with a team of motivated Supreme Court lawyers, exploring the limits of the law and achieving the best possible results for our clients.”
Expert in insolvency law
Thijs regularly publishes articles and gives lectures, in particular with regard to insolvency law. In 2010 he was awarded the first Publication Prize of the Netherlands Civil Law Association .
Memberships
- Professor, holding a chair in Contract and Security at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen
- Editorial board chair, Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht (insolvency law journal)
- Editorial board member, Wessels Insolvency Law Series
- Member, Advisory Committee on Insolvency Law of the Netherlands Bar Association
- Regular lecturer, INSOLAD/Grotius specialist program
- Member, INSOLAD Committee on Preliminary Questions
- Editor, Text & Commentary on Insolvency Law
- Fellow at INSOLAD and member of INSOL Europe
- Member, VCCA – Dutch Association of Supreme Court Civil Litigation
- Member, Dutch Association for Procedural Law
Education
- Supreme Court Civil Litigation Law, postgraduate legal program, 2014, Leiden University
- PhD, ‘The Contract in Insolvency Law’, 2012, University of Groningen
- Dutch Law, 2003, Utrecht University
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V.‘s dispute resolution practice is led by Noor Zetteler, Thijs van Zanten, and Remco Vermaire. The firm’s client base consists of major Dutch companies, including financial institutions, and financial litigation and insolvency proceedings, as well as liability cases involving directors and accountants, are highlights of the practice. Many of the firm’s cases are handled at Supreme Court level, which is led by insolvency expert and Supreme Court litigator van Zanten, and the team is also involved in proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber. Zetteler is regularly appointed as a trustee and leads in accountancy-related disputes, while Vermaire acts for financial institutions.