Christiaan Zijderveld

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Christiaan Zijderveld
Amsterdam
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Practice Areas

Herstructurering en Insolventie

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Nederlands
Engels
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Christiaan staat aan het hoofd van Houthoffs Insolvency & Restructuring praktijk.

Hij 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. Christiaan is door Chambers uitgeroepen tot Band 1 en door Legal 500 tot Leading Individual voor zijn werk op het gebied van Restructuring & Insolvency.

  • Ranked in Band 1
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2025 Edition)
  • Ranked in the Hall of Fame
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2025 Edition)
  • "Christiaan Zijderveld is not only a great lawyer, he is also a calm consensus-builder and true team leader for his colleagues. Having worked closely with him on high-stakes and high-stress transactions over the years, the guy does not quit."
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2025 Edition)
  • Ranked in Tier 1
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2024 Edition)
  • Leading Individual
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2024 Edition)
  • “One client stated that 'Christiaan quickly recognises the different perspectives, strengths and weaknesses and sees urgency and acts immediately'.”
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2024 Edition)
  • "A client states: ‘Christiaan Zijderveld is an expert – collaborative and solutions-oriented with very good business sense. He is a pragmatic team player who goes above and beyond – a trusted partner and impressive negotiator’."
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2024 Edition)
  • "A client mentions that Christiaan 'is a very skilled restructuring lawyer'."
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • "A client says that Christiaam 'is considered a seasoned insolvency lawyer and liquidator in the Netherlands'."
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • "One client highlights: ‘Christiaan Zijderveld and Frédéric Verhoeven are both exceptional restructuring specialists. They have an excellent grasp of commercial issues and an exceptional ability to craft innovative solutions to complex problems'."
    Legal 500, Restructuring and Insolvency (2023 Edition)
  • "Christiaan Zijderveld is a terrific lawyer. He is creative, commercial and can navigate complicated legal issues thoughtfully."
    Chambers Europe, Restructuring/Insolvency (2025 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.

  • Highlighted Matters
    Represented Fortenova Group, the largest food producer and retailer in South-Eastern Europe with an annual turnover of EUR 5 billion and 47.500 employees, in the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring resulting from the presence of sanctioned debt and equity holders in its capital structure and cross-border litigation in connection therewith.
  • Highlighted Matters
    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.
  • Highlighted Matters
    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.
  • Highlighted Matters
    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.
  • Highlighted Matters
    Advised OLA Electric on the acquisition of electric scooter company Etergo B.V.
  • Highlighted Matters
    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.

Practice Areas

Herstructurering en Insolventie
Zijderveld, Christiaan