Joost specialises in insolvency law. He frequently advises debtors, creditors, equity holders, directors and insolvency practitioners in restructurings and special situations. He has a particular interest in high- complexity cases at the interface between insolvency law, civil law and financial regulatory law. As such, heJoost also regularly represents financial institutions and public authorities. His recent experience includes advising:
- the Fortenova Group, an Eastern European agri-/food group, on its cross- border restructuring;
- DSB Bank, a (former) large Dutch consumer bank, on the post-bankruptcy wind-down of its assets surplus of EUR 650 million;
- Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, on its comprehensive financial restructuring; and
- the Dutch Derivatives Committee, established by the Minister of Finance, on the formation of the Uniform Recovery Framework (a scheme to compensate Dutch SMEs for interest rate derivatives concluded with the six largest banks in the Netherlands).
Joost is affiliated with INSOL Europe and INSOL International. Joost is also an INSOL Fellow, having graduated as part of the 2023/2024 Class of INSOL International’s Global Insolvency Practice Course together with a distinguished group of insolvency professionals from around the globe.
In 2018 and 2019, Joost worked as the deputy company secretary at Heineken for 14 months. His work there mostly involved matters related to corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
