Houthoff

Counsel

Karien specialises in insolvency law and restructurings. She is particularly interested in international restructurings, such as the restructuring of Agrokor d.d. in Croatia. In addition, Karien is regularly appointed as a bankruptcy trustee by the Amsterdam District Court and is the liquidator of Lehman Brothers' Dutch division. She was also involved in various capacities in proceedings based on the Court Approval of a Private Composition (Prevention of Insolvency) Act (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord, or WHOA). Karien advises directors, companies and creditors in diverse insolvency situations. As such, Karien covers the full breadth of the restructuring and insolvency fields.

Karien is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association (INSOLAD), INSOL Europe, INSOL International, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She was also admitted as a NextGen member to the International Insolvency Institute (III). Karien publishes the annual WHOA chronicle in the Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht insolvency law journal and also regularly lectures on insolvency law.