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

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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Fintech
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Transport
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Energy
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Tax
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights