Joep is a lawyer in the Restructuring & Insolvency practice group. He advises trustees, directors, creditors, and debtors in complex, international restructurings and (pre-)insolvency situations. Joep has also been involved in various WHOA proceedings. Previously, he worked in our Corporate Litigation department at Houthoff.
Joep Meester
Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate
- Advised Authentic Brands Group LLC, together with Latham & Watkins, with the acquisition of a controlling ownership interest in substantially all of the intellectual property of Guess?,Inc..
- 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.
- Acted as one of two court-appointed observers in the Dutch restructuring scheme ("WHOA") of Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.
- Law Firm School (cum laude)
- LL.M. Corporate Law (University of Leiden)
- LL.B. Law (University of Leiden)
- B.A. in History (Leiden University)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2018
Dutch, English
