Loek Kerstens > Rutgers & Posch > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Rutgers & Posch
HERENGRACHT 466
1017 CA AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Restructuring & Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Loek specializes in insolvency law. He has gained extensive experience in high-profile bankruptcies and complex (international) restructurings. Loek assists companies in financial difficulties, directors, shareholders and creditors. He specializes in insolvency litigation, including disputes on (directors’) liability, actio pauliana and (the enforcement of) security rights.

Loek also has broad experience in corporate law disputes and commercial litigation.


Loek publishes regularly and is a member of the editorial board of online platform HERO. He is a member of INSOLAD, INSOL Europe and the Dutch Restructuring Association. In 2023, he was awarded the ranking Next Generation Partner by Legal500.

Before joining Rutgers & Posch in 2021, Loek was associated with Loyens & Loeff for 14 years. He completed the Grotius Insolvency Law specialization course cum laude and completed the Financial Economics for Insolvency Lawyers specialization course at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency

(Next Generation Partners)

Loek Kerstens – Rutgers & Posch

Rutgers & Posch‘s restructuring and insolvency group is headed up by ‘one of the top lawyers in the insolvency sector’ Loek Kerstens, who specialises in dispute resolution-related work in particular and has experience handling complex domestic and international restructuring matters also. The team is experienced assisting with bankruptcy proceeding issues at Court of Appeal level, and its workload frequently involves cases of significant value. Senior associate Gief de Gruijter supports Kerstens.

Netherlands > Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation

Rutgers & Posch centres its practice on corporate disputes and has recently been extending its scope to include international disputes in addition to commercial litigation before the Dutch courts. Department co-head Rik Analbers is often appointed by the Enterprise Chamber in inquiry proceedings, representing works councils and supervisory boards. Also heading up the practice are Huib Schrama and Loek Kerstens, who are key to corporate disputes.