The team at Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh is based in Rotterdam and is headed up by Richard le Grand who has noteworthy capabilities taking on appointments from the Dutch courts, Enterprise Chambers and shareholders; financial mismanagement and related investigatory work are le Grand’s areas of expertise. Michiel Bindels has significant experience in restructuring and special assets-related matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team has excellent expertise, is experienced in international restructuring matters and provides user friendly and pragmatic advice.'

  • 'They are very responsive and their written advice is always very clear and to-the-point.'

  • 'I enjoy working with the team who are friendly, collaborative and engaging.’

  • ‘Michel Bindels is my go-to lawyer in the Netherlands - he is extremely commercial and cuts to the chase.’

Key clients

  • Steinhoff Recovery Foundation
  • International Metal Trading B.V. (“IMT”)
  • Energieplaza
  • Allegion
  • SDBGroup
  • Lumira Dx

Work highlights

  • Appointed as Chairman of the Steinhoff Recovery Foundation in relation to the global settlement for the €7bn insolvency of Steinhoff International.
  • Appointed as trustee in the highly challenging insolvency of IMT which was one of the largest commodities traders in the Netherlands.
  • Assisting SDBGroup, the Dutch market leader in healthcare software, with its purchase of a distressed medium-sized software company on the verge of insolvency.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard le Grand

Other key lawyers

Michel Bindels, Ruben Leeuwenburgh, Job Bijloo