Marlous de Groot

Practice Areas

Marlous de Groot is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Area Group. With a wide extensive experience in restructuring, insolvency, and security law, Marlous advises and represents a diverse range of clients, including companies, creditors, banks, leasing, and factoring companies, particularly in the field of restructurings, including the WHOA.

Marlous is regularly appointed by the court as trustee in bankruptcy proceedings or as administrator in suspension of payment proceedings. In 2021, Marlous completed the post-academic course ‘PAO Specialisatieopleiding Herstructureringsdeskundige’, which underlines her expertise on the new Dutch Scheme (WHOA). She is well-known for her pragmatic approach in complex restructuring and bankruptcy cases involving multiple parties whilst still keeping sight on the legal angle.

Career

Marlous joined CMS in January 2006. As from 2022 she is a Partner at CMS.

Professional Memberships

• Board member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOLAD)

• Member of the Knowhow Committee of the Dutch Association for Restructuring (NVvH)

• Member of the Legal Committee of the Leasing Netherlands (Leasing Nederland)

Publications

Marlous regularly drafts legal articles and commentaries. She is presently member of the editorial board of the legal magazine Rechtspraak Insolventierecht (RI) reporting on insolvency and restructuring case law.

Languages Spoken

• Dutch

• English