Florent‘s civil fraud and asset recovery team focuses on cross-border asset recovery, civil crime claims, and financial fraud investigations. The practice also leverages the firm’s expertise in insolvency to represent court-appointed trustees in fraud-related bankruptcy proceedings. The team is led by Kees van de Meent, who is a go-to for international asset recovery.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Kees van de Meent is an expert in asset recovery and a pleasure to work with. ’
- ‘Florent is one of the preeminent firms in asset recovery in the Netherlands. Its experience and knowledge of advanced asset recovery techniques makes them a go-to firm, at least for me.’
- ‘Kees van dee Meent stands out for his knowledge and experience in judgement enforcement and asset recovery. In addition, Kees regularly acts as a court-appointed liquidator and administrator in insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands, which gives him a unique angle on recovering misappropriated value or enforcing judgments and awards.'
- ‘The team has global knowledge handling complex international matters where the cases advance at the same time in different international jurisdictions.’
- ‘Kees Van de Meent is a stand out. He is very smart, thinks very quickly and is very pragmatic. Great lawyer, very hands-on.’
- ‘The Florent team has the perfect combination for a civil fraud and white-collar crime practice: cross-border asset recovery and insolvency law.’
Practice head
Kees van de Meent
Other key lawyers
Merijn Moeilijker