Reinout is one of the most influential thinkers in the area of restructuring and insolvency law in the Netherlands. He is a partner at De Brauw since 2012 and was professor of civil and commercial law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands from 1992-2016. As of 2016, he is part-time professor of insolvency law at Leiden University (Department of Company Law, and Department of Business Studies). From 1985 to 1992, he was based at De Brauw offices in The Hague and New York. Reinout focuses primarily on the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency practice and is one of the initiators of the Dutch Scheme (WHOA), enacted in 2021.
Reinout's recent work includes:
Profession
Advocaat, admitted to the bar in the Netherlands from 1985 to 1992 and from 2011
Languages
Dutch, English
Education
University of Groningen
Additional positions
Professor of Insolvency Law, Leiden University since 2016
Member of the editorial boards of the International Insolvency Review and INSOL World Quarterly and formerly longtime editor of the Dutch Insolvency Law Review (Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht)
Educated numerous insolvency practitioners and qualifying bankruptcy judges in their post-graduate Insolad/Grotius specialisation courses for more than two decades
Long-time member of INSOL Europe (Academic Wing) and INSOL International (Academic Group)
Insolad fellow
Member of the International Insolvency Institute (III) and Netherlands Association of Comparative and International Insolvency Law (NACIIL)
Co-founded the independent Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL).
21 October 2020
14 October 2019
13 June 2018
26 January 2018
8 July 2015
21 June 2022
23 March 2022
18 January 2022
20 July 2021
14 June 2021
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