Mrs Marlous de Groot > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Marlous de Groot is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group and is specialised in restructuring and insolvency law.

Marlous has wide experience in restructuring, insolvency and security law. She assists companies in corporate and debt restructurings. Marlous is regularly appointed by the court as trustee in bankruptcy proceedings or as administrator in suspension of payment proceedings. In 2021, Marlous completed the post-academic course ‘PAO Specialisatieopleiding Herstructureringsdeskundige’, which underlines her expertise on the new Dutch Scheme (WHOA). She is well-known for her pragmatic approach in complex restructuring and bankruptcy cases involving multiple parties whilst still keeping sight on the legal angle.

Languages

Dutch and English.

Memberships

  • Member of the Current Events Committee of the Dutch Restructuring Association
  • Member Dutch Association of Lease Companies (NVL)
  • Member Netherlands Association for Comparative and International Insolvency law (NACIL)
  • Board member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOLAD)

Education

  • Employment Law, Grotius Academy Post-Graduate, Nijmegen
  • Master of Law, Utrecht University
  • Leiden University

Personal

Marlous regularly drafts legal articles and commentaries. She is presently member of the editorial board of the legal magazine Rechtspraak Insolventierecht (RI) reporting on insolvency and restructuring case law.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency

CMS‘ team is well-regarded for its capabilities assisting clients including real estate funds and investors, and financial institutions and investment funds on the broad variety of restructuring matters, including in WHOA proceedings. Areas of industry sector focus include consumer products and retail as well as life sciences and healthcare. ‘True expert in the field’ Marc van Zanten heads up the offering with expertise handling pre-pack proceedings and bankruptcy work for well-known names. Following the January 2024 departure of Marcel Groenewegen, Marlous de Groot newly co-leads alongside van Zanten and has experience assisting clients with corporate and debt restructuring matters.