The Restructuring & Insolvency team consists of lawyers who specialise in and have extensive experience within corporate and insolvency law. If your company is in financial difficulty or at risk of becoming insolvent, our lawyers can be of assistance.

We provide comprehensive guidance and advice and are mindful of the various business, social and personal interests that may come into play. A company can fall on hard times because of many different circumstances. Whatever the cause, at that moment it is important that you can act quickly. Our lawyers know what needs to be done and when. That offers certainty in uncertain times.

Our specialists

Bas Besseling

Partner, member executive board

Charlotte Crombag

Senior lawyer

Bas Willemse

Interim legal counsel

Team Restructuring & Insolvency assists companies in dire straits as well as companies that are at risk of falling into dire straits and want to avoid it.

Advice may be given in the following manner:

  • Restructuring and turnaround options of rehabilitation (and relaunch) whether or not after going through a WHOA process, moratorium or bankruptcy;
  • Occasional, liability-focused negotiations with a receiver;
  • Prevention, aimed at understanding, preventing and managing potential risks.

Marxman is a co-initiator of the platform Allesoverwhoa.nl. This independent platform provides reliable information on the Homologation Private Agreement Act (WHOA);

Marxman is also an initiator of the platform Retailherstelt.nl. On this platform, you will find information that will help entrepreneurs in the retail sector ease their debt burden;

To the extent necessary, team Restructuring & Insolvency works cross-team with our M&A, Commercial Contracting and Labour & Organisation teams. This enables us to provide the entrepreneur with full-service. Which is both efficient and practical.

Our team regularly carries out the following work:

  • Advising on and supervising restructurings, working in a multidisciplinary context with relevant partners, with Marxman taking a director's role.
  • Conducting negotiations with various parties, including the receiver, bank, landlord and suppliers all on behalf of the debtor or, on the contrary, on behalf of a creditor facing it;
  • Assessing and litigating directors' liability;

Our team assists various clients from SMEs and large (international) companies. Our clients are active in industries including: manufacturing, services, sports and healthcare institutions.

Direction partner with multidisciplinary approach

At our team, you will find a group of enthusiastic lawyers with a passion for Restructuring and Insolvency. We have broad expertise and are ready to guide companies through every step of the process. We surround ourselves with a broad network of specialists in corporate finance and business strategy. We handle each case with a multidisciplinary team with extensive experience, in which Marxman takes the lead. This is how we arrive at the best possible solution for our client.

What relations say about team Restructuring & Insolvency

"In cooperation with Marxman, we are able to provide multidisciplinary WHOA pathways in an integral manner." BBN Martin Kuiper
"Several WHOA trajectories involve working with Marxman. Success in such trajectories can only come about through close cooperation between the financial specialist and the legal team. Marxman's lawyers are skilled and driven to make the trajectories a success." Hermes Advisory Pieter Christiaan
"Marxman is an expert sparring partner with experienced restructuring experts with sound knowledge of the latest developments in bankruptcy law and WHOA processes." Rabobank Gertjan de Ruiter
"Marxman has expertly steered my company through tough weather. The lawyers are true business partners thanks to their expertise, commitment and approachability." Esveco Print B.V. Martijn den Ouden
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