Mr Christiaan Zijderveld > Houthoff > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Houthoff Offices
GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 50
1082 MA AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Christiaan Zijderveld
Position
He assists clients that face financial difficulties. He also assists creditors (e.g. financial institutions and hedge funds) with distressed investments. Christiaan has been involved in the insolvency matters of Lehman Brothers Treasury Co B.V., Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. (Curaçao) and DSB Bank.
In recent years, much of Christiaan’s work has focused on cases relating to the real estate sector, the retail sector, and the oil & gas/offshore sector. Recently Christiaan led the Houthoff team that advises on the cross border restructuring of Agrokor, an Eastern European agri/food group. Christiaan leads the team that advises the committee responsible for drafting the Uniform Recovery Framework, a compensation scheme that allows Dutch SME’s to be compensated for Interest Rate Derivatives they bought from the six largest banks in the Netherlands.
Languages
Dutch, English, German
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Restructuring and insolvency
(Hall of Fame)Houthoff‘s practice is considered ‘one of the best in the Netherlands’ by clients, the list of which features well-known names. On the non-contentious side, the team is well equipped to advise clients in financial distress on such transactions as acquisitions and subsequent structuring, and on general financial regulatory issues. Frédéric Verhoeven
is a noteworthy practitioner with capabilities advising US and UK-based hedge funds, Dutch private equity firms and government entities in cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters of significant value. On the contentious side, David Heems is a key contact who harnesses particular expertise acting for both debtors and creditors in complex restructuring litigation cases. Karien van Boekel is a key contact in international restructuring matters. ‘Very bright technical lawyer’ Christiaan Zijderveld leads the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Environment and planning
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Project finance and PFI
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Intellectual property: Patents