Casper Kool
Advocaat | Associate
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Casper specialises in insolvency law and restructurings. He advises directors, companies and creditors in diverse insolvency situations. He also advises clients on the funding of real estate and other transactions, and funding-related issues.
Casper is a member of the Dutch Association for Young Insolvency Lawyers (JIRA).
Qualifications
- LL.M. Company Law (cum laude) (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- LL.B. Law (University of Amsterdam)
- B.Sc. Economics and Business Administration (University of Amsterdam)
- M.Sc. Strategic Management (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)
- Exchange Programme, faculty of Law (University of Toronto)
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Represented Fortenova Group, the largest food producer and retailer in South-Eastern Europe with an annual turnover of EUR 5 billion and 47.500 employees, in the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring resulting from the presence of sanctioned debt and equity holders in its capital structure and cross-border litigation in connection therewith.
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Acting as the administrators appointed by the Amsterdam Court in the suspension of payment proceedings of Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. (a company listed on the Johannesburg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange), Houthoff oversaw the process leading up to the confirmation of the composition plan. This enabled Steinhoff to settle alleged claims for damages from 66,000 creditors totalling EUR 14 billion following from the group's disclosure of accounting irregularities in 2017.