Ruben van Dijken

Advocaat | Associate

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Ruben specializes in (cross-border) commercial and insolvency litigation, including directors' liability and annual accounts proceedings. He is also involved in several competition law follow-on claims and regularly assists in cases before the Supreme Court. Furthermore, he has broad knowledge of inheritance law and is affiliated with the Center for Notarial Law at Radboud University Nijmegen. Ruben publishes regularly on private law in a broad sense, including inheritance law.

Qualifications & Experience

  • LL.M. Law (Master: Business & Law) (cum laude) (Radboud University Nijmegen) 
  • LL.M. Notarial law (cum laude) (Radboud University Nijmegen)
  • MSc. Business Administration (specialisation: International Business) (Radboud University Nijmegen)
  • LL.B. Law (Radboud University Nijmegen)
  • Advised an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Tupperware Brands Corporation who successfully completed the acquisition of certain key assets of the Tupperware Group, including global rights to the Tupperware brand name and related intellectual property as well as operations in core geographic markets. Operations in these global core markets will continue uninterrupted and customers will be able to purchase products from independent Tupperware sales consultants, Tupperware ecommerce sites and retail partners. 
  • 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.

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