Reinout Vriesendorp is one of the most influential thinkers in the area of insolvency law and security rights in the Netherlands. He is a partner at De Brauw 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.
In addition to his positions at Leiden University and De Brauw, Reinout is a member of the editorial boards of both the Dutch Insolvency Law Review (Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht) and the International Insolvency Review. He has educated numerous insolvency practitioners and qualifying bankruptcy judges in their post-graduate Insolad/Grotius specialisation courses for more than two decades. He is also Insolad fellow, a member of the International Insolvency Institute (III) and long-time member of INSOL Europe (Academic Wing) and INSOL International (Academic Group). As member of the executive, he co-founded the independent Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL).
He has also been recognised as a leading individual in restructuring and insolvency by Legal 500.
Recent work includes:
17 March 2021
The WHOA in practice: with greater clarity, come teething problems
17 December 2020
Temporary arrangements for payment deferral take effect to help companies hit by crisis
6 October 2020
6 October 2020
New Dutch scheme: the Act on Court Confirmation of Extrajudicial Restructuring Plans
10 July 2020
Dutch Supreme Court: credit claims can be assigned and securitisation vehicle has duty of care
15 June 2020
27 May 2020
Flexible restructuring bill passes important first hurdle in Netherlands
5 February 2020
Coronavirus – what you and your business can do to prevent or mitigate legal risks
28 January 2020
8 July 2019
Details of new Dutch restructuring scheme published and submitted to Parliament
20 June 2019
De Brauw restructuring practice recognised in GRR 100 and winner at GRR Awards 2019
15 January 2019
Lawmakers to continue focus on facilitating business rescue in 2019
31 July 2018
Reinout Vriesendorp and Omar Salah named ‘Dealmakers’ for restructuring of the Oi group
18 January 2018
14 September 2017
Dutch procedure to bind non-consenting creditors to restructuring plans one step closer
27 June 2017
Reinout Vriesendorp and Ferdinand Hengst in ICLG – Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2017
13 July 2016
Dutch Supreme Court: pledge on retained property now bankruptcy-proof
8 July 2015
Cross-border insolvencies more efficient under modernised European rules
16 December 2014
De Brauw publishes consultation feedback on proposed Continuity of Companies Act II (WCOII)
13 October 2014
Pre-judgment attachment of bank accounts across Europe soon cheaper and more efficient
2 October 2014
The Dutch Scheme of Arrangement is coming – New restructuring opportunities abound
14 August 2014
Draft bill to introduce state of the art restructuring legislation in the Netherlands
17 July 2014
Licensees slightly better off in bankruptcy of Dutch licensor–but not out of the woods
10 April 2014
Non-assignment/pledge clauses usually without effect vis-à-vis third parties
25 March 2014
Non-assignment/pledge clauses usually without effect vis-à-vis third parties
13 January 2014
No help for bankruptcy trustee when challenging security for new credit relationships
11 November 2013
11 October 2013
Timely publication of annual accounts to prevent directors’ liability in insolvency
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