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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
Managing 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 jointly led by litigation experts Noor Zetteler, Thijs van Zanten, Remco Vermaire and Ida Lintel. The Utrecht-based team specialises in handling disputes and insolvency matters for financial institutions. Van Zanten leads on Supreme Court proceedings and handles insolvency, corporate, contract and liability law cases. Zetteler is the go-to for disputes involving liability of directors, supervisory directors and accountants, while Vermaire advises financial institutions on contentious matters. The practice acts for both Dutch and international financial institutions and companies.
Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency
Wijn & Stael Advocaten N.V.‘s Utrecht-based cohort is known for its abilities handling cross-jurisdictional and domestic restructuring and bankruptcy matters. Financing, securities and insolvency specialist Noor Zetteler and Remco Vermaire, who counsels the broad range of clients on restructuring matters, co-lead the practice alongside corporate, insolvency and liability litigator Thijs van Zanten. Former co-lead of the team Willem Jan van Andel retired in April 2024, and former co-lead Ida Lintel departed to an in-house role in September 2024. Anne Mennens is a key contact.