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Preventing, repairing & litigating disputes involving financially distressed and healthy companies, shareholders, investors, executive and non-executive directors. Complex domestic and cross-border business dispute resolution and litigation (Enterprise Chamber, district courts, courts of appeal and arbitration), legal advice on corporate governance and settlement negotiations.Crisis and risk management in case of (threatening) financial distress, with a focus on director, shareholder and officer liability in and outside of insolvency. Special interest in companies in healthcare, pharma, (life) science, biotech.Representative legal matters: Corporate governance disputes & litigation: - Represented shareholders, boards, holding companies, joint ventures, international corporations and family businesses, advising on mismanagement, corporate governance, and funding disputes; - Represented several companies and shareholders in forced dilution/transfer of shares- and squeeze-out proceedings, including arranging an involuntary Enterprise Chamber sanctioned bidding process in a financial distress scenario for a public company;- Represented the supervisory directors of a large healthcare institution in a dispute with the directors and implemented significant changes in the governance through Enterprise Chamber. - Represented majority and minority shareholders in disputes regarding information rights, dividend policy and minimum duty of care. Liability cases: - Represented a CEO of a large international, partly insolvent group of legal entities; - represented a CFO of Dutch equity trading firm in a mismanagement case before the Enterprise Chamber; - represented companies and shareholders in liability claims against other shareholders and directors; - Represented pharmaceutical companies in arbitration and Enterprise proceedings regarding mismanagement and unlawful dividends.Restructuring/insolvency disputes: - Represented a bankruptcy trustee where a capital protection breach resulted in a deficit of millions. - Represented an international hotel group re the restructuring of debts through the Dutch scheme (WHOA);- Represented national and international financial institutions in litigation against bankruptcy trustees; - Represented a bank syndicate (mandated lead arranger, lender, facility and security agent), on suspension event of default and restructuring loan facilities; Special interest: private equity disputes, healthcare, (life) science, & pharma. Admission to the bar: Amsterdam~Netherlands (2005)The Hague~Netherlands (2014)

Listed skills include Bankruptcy, Litigation, Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, and 12 others.