Frédéric Verhoeven

Frédéric specialises in cross-border insolvency and restructuring and has played a prominent role in the most complex and cross-border cases over the past years. He works in diverse insolvency and restructuring situations either from the perspective of the creditor (bondholder) or from the perspective of the debtor and the company.

Frédéric regularly accepts court appointments as bankruptcy trustee in liquidation proceedings and administrator or observer in restructuring proceedings such as the Dutch Scheme (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord (WHOA)).

Recent and notable cases include Steinhoff, Vroon Shipping, Farfetch, Lehman Brothers, Swissport, Hudson's Bay, Oi, OSX / OGX, Swissair and DSB Bank.

He is a member of Houthoff's Advisory Board, teaches at Leiden University and publishes on insolvency law. He is a regular speaker at institutional conferences. Frédéric was a board member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOLAD) for many years as well as a founding board member of the Dutch Restructuring Association. He is a member of the specialists association INSOL Europe, INSOL International and International Insolvency Institute.