Bart heads Houthoff’s Supreme Court Team and boasts over 20 years’ experience as a Supreme Court specialist. He has been involved in numerous landmark Supreme Court proceedings on liability law, contract law, energy law, EU law, financial law, insolvency law, company law, procedural law, transport law and insurance law. member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Procedural Law of the Ministry of Justice and Security.
Bart van der Wiel
Attorney-at-law | Partner

- Represented Wells in the Wells v Barivencase in proceedings before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court reinstated the arbitral award after it was set aside for alleged corruption.
- Represented CBRE in proceedings before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal's judgment which found that CBRE Investors does not have to offer properties to Bijenkorf.
- Represented ING Bank in Dutch Supreme Court proceedings to clarify the question: under what circumstances can the bank set off payments, which come into a borrower's account, against granted credit in case of a rescue attempt followed by insolvency? The Supreme Court clarifies when good faith required for set-off is present and formulates the principle that a bank that has good reason to believe that a rescue attempt has a real chance of success is acting in good faith. The guidance provided by the Supreme Court's judgment is of great importance for banking practice.
- Ph.D. Civil Law (Leiden University)
- LL.M. Civil Law (Leiden University)
- M.A. Classics (Leiden University)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2003
- Bart received a Ph.D. from Leiden University in 2004 and has authored many publications
Editor and co-author of a leading textbook on Supreme Court litigation - Board member of the Civil Law Association (VBR). Member of the editorial team of Tijdschrift voor Civiele Rechtspleging, the leading Dutch journal on civil procedure
- A highly sought-after speaker and lecturer
- A member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Procedural Law of the Ministry of Justice and Security
Dutch, English, German