Jan Davids leads the restructuring and insolvency cohort at Davids Advocaten; Davids, alongside key practitioners Mark-Hendrik de Vries and Joris Boddaert, is described as being ‘excellent’. The team’s workload includes advising on multiple bankruptcies, a noteworthy example being its appointment as administrator in the bankruptcies of multiple companies in connection with the well-known NEXT fashion group. The group also advises on the array of restructurings.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Davids leads a wide-range of experienced and well-equipped lawyers in the field of insolvency law. The team is reliable and easily reachable. Their approach is pragmatic.’

  • ‘Mark Hendrik de Vries, Jan Davids and Joris Boddaert are excellent.’

  • ‘The practice of Davids Advocaten covers distressed situations well, and is able to act for debtors, creditors and companies in distress.’

  • ‘Mark Hendrik de Vries is a smart lawyer who was involved in a litigation case concerning director's liability. He is a capable, excellent and professional.’

  • ‘This practice has extensive experience in debt restructuring for start-ups and scale-ups. This is experience that is hard to come by.’

  • ‘Joris Boddaert and Ruben Mets are highly knowledgeable, proactive, and communicate well.’

  • ‘The team I work with is not only very knowledgeable as regards legal issues and recent case law, but also highly pragmatic. They don't beat around the bush.’

  • ‘Nils Reerink and Laurie van Leeuwen are reliable to the core and are exceptionally proactive. ’

Key clients

  • Shipyard De Hoop
  • Miss Etam
  • VanDutch
  • Asianos
  • van Roemburg
  • Strukton
  • G3
  • Shoebaloo
  • Online Seminar
  • IES Medical
  • Ynsect
  • Raven Fishing
  • VD.nl
  • Nautix

Work highlights

  • Advised one of the board members of Trust Company Amsterdam BV who was a director of the bankrupt Exem Energy BV and who became involved in numerous liability proceedings in his capacity as a director with an exposure exceeding €100m.
  • Appointed administrator in the bankruptcies of four companies in connection with the NEXT fashion group.
  • Acted as administrator in the moratoriums and later as bankruptcy trustee in the bankruptcies of Raven Fishing BV, Raven Holding BV, Raven Participatie BV and X2 Im-En export BV.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jan Davids

Other key lawyers

Mark Hendrik de Vries, Joris Boddaert, Ruben Mets, Nils Reerink, Laurie van Leeuwen