Mr Marc van Zanten > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Marc van Zanten is partner in the CMS Banking & Finance Practice Group, specialising in insolvency, civil procedural law, litigation and D&O liability. Marc has wide experience as a (intended) bankruptcy trustee in insolvency proceedings and pre-packs and as an administrator in the suspension of payments. He has been appointed bankruptcy trustee of the international fashion retailer and producer McGregor/Gaastra and bankruptcy trustee of the hospital Slotervaartziekenhuis in Amsterdam.

Languages

Dutch, German, French, English

Memberships

  • Judge at the Court of Appeal in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
  • Member INSOLAD.
  • Member advisory committee on civil procedural law of the Netherlands Bar Association.

Education

  • Financial Economy for Insolvency lawyers, INSOLAD/EUR
  • Insolvency Law, Grotius Academy for Post-Graduate Law Studies
  • Post-graduate Certificate, Paris II University, France
  • Dutch Law, University of Amsterdam

Personal

  • Chief editor Dutch law review on civil procedural law (BER)
  • Speaker on Business News Radio.
  • External doctorate candidate University of Groningen (subject: pre-pack)
  • Marc regularly teaches lawyers and students and gives lectures.

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.