Mr Jan Padberg > HVG Law LLP > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
HVG Law LLP Offices
ANTONIO VIVALDISTRAAT 150
1083 HP AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Jan Padberg
Work Department
Insolvency & Restructuring
Position
Jan Padberg is managing partner at HVG Law LLP. He is also member of MT Tax & Law in The Netherlands.
Jan has more than 26 years of experience in advising global clients on international company, corporate, financing and restructuring law matters in a multi-disciplinary context. Jan has worked for almost 3 year at the New York branch of HVG Law.
Career
Jan focuses on capital markets (equity and debt), debt restructuring, negotiating and documenting (inter)national corporate & finance transactions as well as on companies in financial difficulties and is regularly appointed by the courts or financial regulator as trustee.
Court appointed receiver in amongst others The Entertainment Group; Travel Bird and BAS Group: large retail insolvency (150 shops) amongst others Dixons, Icentres and Mycom.
LER/Corporate secretarial project for amongst others Sony Pictures Entertainment and Tyco involving EMEA countries (46 Dutch entities).
Eastman Kodak: assisted newly formed US based JV in setting up worldwide structure (40 countries). In 2008 involved in the rationalization of that same structure.
Co-administrator in debt for equity swap through Dutch moratorium and US Chapter 11 proceedings for Versatel and for UPC.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
He is a member of the Dutch Bar Association, Insolad, a professional association of insolvency practitioners and Insol International.
Education
Jan graduated in Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam in 1993 and was admitted to Dutch Bar Association in 1994.
In 2002, he graduated from the postgraduate Grotius Academy in the area “Insolvency” (incl. financing and securities).
Post-doctoral in Financial Economy for Bankruptcy Trustee’s (2009).
Harvard Business School 2012, leading professional services firms.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency
HVG Law LLP’s restructuring and insolvency team is experienced acting as bankruptcy trustee for its portfolio of clients, often in cases involving numerous creditor employees. The clients the team assists cover the array of industry sectors, from retail and energy to travel and leisure, with workloads frequently in the multi-millions. It also advises on the liquidation of funds in cross-jurisdictional contexts. The team is headed up by Robin De Wit, Jan Padberg and Johan Westerhof.