Joost den Hollander
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Joost specialises in insolvency law and restructurings. He frequently advises bankruptcy trustees, directors, debtors and creditors. In addition, Joost has a particular interest in high complexity cases at the interface between insolvency law, civil law and financial regulatory law. As such, he also regularly represents public authorities and financial institutions. Joost was involved in the consultation process of the Recovery and Resolution (Insurers) Act (Wet herstel en afwikkeling van verzekeraars) and has considerable experience in this area. He also worked as a secretary and legal adviser for the Derivatives Committee, which was responsible for creating the Uniform Recovery Framework (a scheme to compensate Dutch SMEs for interest rate derivatives concluded with the six major banks in the Netherlands).
Joost is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association (INSOLAD) and the Dutch Restructuring Association (NVvH). In addition, he is affiliated with INSOL Europe and INSOL International. He is also an INSOL Fellow, having graduated as part of the 2023/2024 Class of INSOL International’s Global Insolvency Practice Course together with a distinguished group of insolvency professionals from around the globe.
In 2018 and 2019, Joost worked as the deputy company secretary at Heineken for 14 months. His work there mostly involved matters related to corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- M.Sc. Business Administration (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Grotius/INSOLAD specialisation course on Insolvency Law
- LL.M. Company Law (Radboud University Nijmegen)
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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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Advised Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, in its comprehensive financial restructuring. Lumileds emerged from a Chapter 11, resulting in a leadership transition and a funded debt reduction of approximately USD 1.4 billion.
