Company and Insolvency Law
This section focuses on everything that happens within companies, legal entities or institutions and their stakeholders. Although the practice of insolvency law requires specific expertise, it is so closely related to the other areas of company law that it has been included in the same section. The following issues are all part of this area of law:
- Shareholder conflicts
- Directors’ and officers’ liability
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Insolvency
- Joint ventures and other types of partnerships
- Competition
- Reorganisation and restructuring
- Company structure
- Insurance claims
- Agency, distribution and other agreements
- Copyright and marks
The specialist(s) at Thuis & Partners:
B.W.G.P. Meijs
Specialization(s):
Company and Insolvency Law
D.E.A.F. Aertssen
Specialization(s):
Company and Insolvency Law
P.M. Scholtes
Specialization(s):
Company and Insolvency Law
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B.W.G.P. MeijsCompany and Insolvency LawPartner
Email: bmeijs@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 1983 (29 jaar)
After completing his degrees in law and criminology, Ben Meijs worked at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from September 1980 until October 1981, after which he worked at Leiden University until January 1983.
After beginning his law practice, he worked as counsel to companies, institutions and governments, particularly in the areas of company law and insolvency law. His advice includes entering into and terminating partnerships and the structuring and restructuring of companies. He has also been involved in a large number of mergers and acquisitions. Mr Meijs has a great deal of experience with editing complex contracts and often acts as an advisor in contract negotiations. He is particularly interested in international cases with cross-border aspects.
Mr Meijs is also an insolvency law specialist. Since 1983 he has regularly acted as an administrator in suspensions of payment and as an official receiver in bankruptcies. He also regularly advises shareholders, managing directors, supervisory directors and creditors of companies suffering financial setbacks (permanent or temporary).
He completed the Grotius Academy training in Insolvency Law and the specialised Insolad training in Financial Economics for Receivers. Since 1996, he has been a member of the Dutch Association for Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad]. Ben Meijs is fluent in spoken and written English and German.
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D.E.A.F. AertssenCompany and Insolvency LawPartner
Email: daertssen@thuispartners.nl
Dimitry Aertssen specialises in insolvency law and company law. He has served many times as an administrator in suspensions of payment and as an official receiver in bankruptcies, and he advises companies, as well as their shareholders and boards of directors, regarding restructurings in the context of directors’ and officers’ liability.
Mr Aertssen regularly provides advice and litigation representation in cases involving shareholder conflicts. He also supervises mergers and acquisitions.
Mr Aertssen completed the Grotius Academy training in Insolvency Law and the specialised Insolad training in Financial Economics for Receivers. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad] and the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association.
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P.M. ScholtesCompany and Insolvency Law
Email: pscholtes@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 1979 (33 jaar)
Pieter Scholtes specialises in providing legal services concerning refinancing, continuity issues, and organisation and employment law. Half of his practice comprises settling bankruptcies and advising entrepreneurs in financing difficulties. Mr Scholtes is the firm’s contact point for our German clients. Mr Scholtes completed the Grotius Academy trainings in Financing and Security and Insolvency Law. He also completed the follow-up course in Financial Economics for Receivers. Mr Scholtes is a member of the Dutch Association for Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad].
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Other specialists in Thuis & Partners Lawyers:
N.P.F.E. van der Peet, R. Lemmens
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B.W.G.P. MeijsCompany and Insolvency LawPartner
Email: bmeijs@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 1983 (29 jaar)
After completing his degrees in law and criminology, Ben Meijs worked at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from September 1980 until October 1981, after which he worked at Leiden University until January 1983.
After beginning his law practice, he worked as counsel to companies, institutions and governments, particularly in the areas of company law and insolvency law. His advice includes entering into and terminating partnerships and the structuring and restructuring of companies. He has also been involved in a large number of mergers and acquisitions. Mr Meijs has a great deal of experience with editing complex contracts and often acts as an advisor in contract negotiations. He is particularly interested in international cases with cross-border aspects.
Mr Meijs is also an insolvency law specialist. Since 1983 he has regularly acted as an administrator in suspensions of payment and as an official receiver in bankruptcies. He also regularly advises shareholders, managing directors, supervisory directors and creditors of companies suffering financial setbacks (permanent or temporary).
He completed the Grotius Academy training in Insolvency Law and the specialised Insolad training in Financial Economics for Receivers. Since 1996, he has been a member of the Dutch Association for Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad]. Ben Meijs is fluent in spoken and written English and German.
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D.E.A.F. AertssenCompany and Insolvency LawPartner
Email: daertssen@thuispartners.nl
Dimitry Aertssen specialises in insolvency law and company law. He has served many times as an administrator in suspensions of payment and as an official receiver in bankruptcies, and he advises companies, as well as their shareholders and boards of directors, regarding restructurings in the context of directors’ and officers’ liability.
Mr Aertssen regularly provides advice and litigation representation in cases involving shareholder conflicts. He also supervises mergers and acquisitions.
Mr Aertssen completed the Grotius Academy training in Insolvency Law and the specialised Insolad training in Financial Economics for Receivers. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad] and the Dutch Corporate Litigation Association.
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P.M. ScholtesCompany and Insolvency Law
Email: pscholtes@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 1979 (33 jaar)
Pieter Scholtes specialises in providing legal services concerning refinancing, continuity issues, and organisation and employment law. Half of his practice comprises settling bankruptcies and advising entrepreneurs in financing difficulties. Mr Scholtes is the firm’s contact point for our German clients. Mr Scholtes completed the Grotius Academy trainings in Financing and Security and Insolvency Law. He also completed the follow-up course in Financial Economics for Receivers. Mr Scholtes is a member of the Dutch Association for Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad].
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N.P.F.E. van der Peet
Specialization: Company Law
Email: nvdpeet@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 2004 (8 year)
Nico van der Peet is a member of our firm’s Company and Insolvency Law section. He specialises in company and corporate law, civil procedure issues and attachment and execution rights. His clients in these fields include companies, institutions and governments. He also counsels shareholders, managing directors and supervisory directors, either collectively or as individuals. His practice ranges from starting up new companies to selling or liquidating companies. Restructurings, stakeholdings and the termination of partnerships may also be involved. Mr Van der Peet litigates conflicts relating to disputes within and between companies. Such matters may include shareholder disputes, hostile share transfers and issues of directors’ liability.
Mr Van der Peet successfully completed the Grotius Academy Training in Company and Corporate Law. He is a member of the Corporate Litigation Association.
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R. Lemmens
Specialization: Company and Insolvency Law
Email: rlemmens@thuispartners.nl
Admitted to bar: 2003 (9 year)
Rob Lemmens is a member of our insolvency and company law section and focuses on settling bankruptcies and providing counsel in mergers and acquisitions.
Mr Lemmens is regularly appointed as an official receiver in bankruptcies and is a candidate-member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Law Lawyers [Insolad].
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