Christiaan Zijderveld

Christiaan Zijderveld

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Christiaan staat cliënten bij die zich in financieel zwaar weer bevinden. Hij adviseert ook schuldeisers (bijv. financiële instellingen en hedge funds) met "distressed" investeringen. Christiaan is betrokken (geweest) bij het faillissement van Lehman Brothers Treasury  Co B.V., Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. (Curaçao) en DSB Bank.

In de afgelopen jaren is Christiaan veel werkzaam geweest in zaken die verband houden met de vastgoedsector, de retailsector en de oil/gas offshore-sector. Onlangs leidde Christiaan het Houthoff-team dat adviseert over de grensoverschrijdende herstructurering van Agrokor, een Oost-Europees agri/food concern. Christiaan stuurt het team aan dat verantwoordelijk is voor het opstellen van het Uniform Herstelkader Rentederivaten, een compensatiemechanisme waarmee Nederlandse MKB'ers gecompenseerd worden voor rentederivaten die zij kochten van de zes grootste banken in Nederland.

  • "A client says that Christiaam 'is considered a seasoned insolvency lawyer and liquidator in the Netherlands.'"
     
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • "One client says: 'He is smart, attentive and thorough.'"
     
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • "A client mentions that Christiaan 'is a very skilled restructuring lawyer.'"
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • Recommended
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • “A client appreciates that he is ‘customer-oriented, knowledgeable, a strong communicator and creative’.”
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2022 Edition)
  • “Zijderveld ‘offers strategic skills and in-depth insolvency and legal knowledge, including a sense of market developments and changing circumstances. He also provides a proactive attitude.’”
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2021 Edition)
  • “Christiaan Zijderveld is very knowledgeable, creative and a pleasure to work with.”
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2021 Edition)
  • Recommended
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2021 Edition)
  • “Christiaan Zijderveld is a top class lawyer and very practical.”
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2021 Edition)
  • “Christiaan Zijderveld doesn’t need much information to analyse the situation and knows how to solve the issue.”
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2021 Edition)
  • “Clients praise Christiaan Zijderveld for being ‘very good at taking charge in a proactive way.’”
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2020 Edition)
  • “He is very experienced in handling the technical parts of insolvency proceedings.’”
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2020 Edition)
  • “Christiaan Zijderveld is an excellent, technical and creative lawyer who is very commercial and client-friendly.”
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2020 Edition)
Christiaan doceert regelmatig, onder andere voor de Grotius/INSOLAD cursus, de INSOLAD vervolgopleiding en CPO. Ook publiceert hij regelmatig in zijn vakgebied. Hij is lid van INSOLAD, Insol Europe en een Fellow of Insol International.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Advised and represented Finqus B.V. and DSB Bank N.V. (in bankruptcy) on the sale of Finqus' loan portfolio with a purchase price of approx. EUR 1.5 billion to NIBC Bank N.V.
  • Advised OLA Electric on the acquisition of electric scooter company Etergo B.V.
  • Advised the Independent Derivatives Committee - appointed by the Minister of Finance - in preparing and drafting a uniform repair framework for compensation by the Dutch banking sector of SME clients that bought interest rate derivatives.