T.C. (Tamara) Andeweg
t.c.andeweg@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2011

areas of expertise

• employment law

education

• Dutch Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2011)
• Master Economics & Business, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2010)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

C. (Kees) van den Bergh
vdbergh@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1985
managing partner of Van den Herik & Verhulst Advocaten N.V.

areas of expertise

insolvency law

• acting subject to court appointment as administrator and trustee/liquidator in insolvencies
• providing advice on restructuring
• providing advice - at the request of the management board, shareholders or financiers - to companies in difficulty
• providing advice on financing and security
• assisting directors in liability matters

corporate law

• providing advice on the incorporation and location of companies and drawing up shareholders' agreements
• mergers, acquisitions, management buy-outs, management buy-ins and joint ventures
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings in connection with disputes between shareholders
• drafting general terms and conditions and commercial contracts
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning liability issues 

sectors

• Kees's clients are active in a wide range of sectors. In his business law practice, Kees serves various businesses in the field of transport and logistics services. 

education

• Dutch Law, University of Utrecht (1984)
• Insolad (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners)/Grotius Academy, specialist training course, Insolvency Law
• Insolad/Erasmus University Rotterdam, Financial Economics for Trustees/Liquidators
• Grotius Academy, specialist training course, Corporate Structures 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• INSOLAD (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners)

other positions

• chair of the Supervisory Board of the foundation Stichting Verpleeg- en verzorgingshuis Sonneburgh
• board member of Wartburg College
• member of the Supervisory Board of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN)
• chair of the Ridderkerk enterprise organisation (RONDO)

C.P. (Christine) van den Berg
christinevandenberg@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1999

areas of expertise

lease

• drafting and assessing leases/tenancy agreements in the broadest sense and especially those concerned with commercial accommodation and housing
• providing advice on conducting legal proceedings concerning renovation projects, nuisance problems, defects, terminations and evacuations
• due diligence investigations/risk assessments
• conducting legal proceedings and dealing with every conceivable type of dispute in the field of leases, such as rent disputes, substitution and termination of leases/tenancy agreements

construction law/general property

• drafting and assessing contracts relating to the purchase/sale of property, construction, project development and restructuring
• providing legal assistance in civil-law and disciplinary proceedings and arbitrations
• advising contractors, architects, municipal authorities, companies and private individuals in construction disputes

procurement law

• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning procurement law in general (including but not restricted to construction law) 

sectors

• housing associations, in the field of lease law as well as project development/construction law
• construction firms and project developers
• leasing and operating commercial property 

publications

• publications

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1999)
• Postgraduate Specialist Training Course in Civil Building Law (Construction Lawyers Association, VBR-A/Institute for Building Law, IBR)
• Postgraduate Specialist Training Course in Landlord and Tenant Law (Dutch Association of Landlord and Tenant Law Practitioners, VHA/Legal Study Programmes, OSR)
• Grotius Academy, specialist training course, Property
• Grotius Academy, specialist training course, European and Dutch Procurement Law      

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Dutch Association of Lease Law Practitioners (VHA)
• Construction Lawyers Association (VBR-A)
• Construction Law Association (VBR)
• Dutch Association for Procurement Law (NVvA)
• Property Lawyers Association (VVJ) 

other positions

• author of various articles on construction law and landlord and tenant law
• regularly teaches

F. (Frederik) Bouwman
bouwman@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2012

areas of expertise

• corporate law
• insolvency law

 education

• Dutch law, University Groningen (2011)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

M. (Marina) Blagojević
blagojevic@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2010

areas of expertise

• lease law
• construction law
• general private law 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2009)
• International & European  Law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2008) 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

R.A. (Rimmertien) van Dam
vandam@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1990

areas of expertise

employment law

• collective redundancies/reorganisations on behalf of companies, including the entire reorganisation process
• individual dismissal cases
• assisting statutory directors and senior management
• providing advice on co-determination law issues concerning employee participation and disputes with works councils, including conducting associated legal proceedings
• drafting employment contracts and specific terms of employment arrangements for personnel, redundancy arrangements and social plans
• providing advice and legal proceedings concerning non-competition clauses

employer's liability

• providing advice and legal assistance concerning liability of employers in the area of:
  • industrial accidents
  • working conditions (including liability for asbestos and chronic toxic encephalopathy (CTE)) 

education

• Dutch Law, University of Leiden (1989)
• Postgraduate Employment Law Course, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Hugo Sinzheimer Institute 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Association of Rotterdam Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Rotterdamse Arbeidsrecht Advocaten: VRAA)
• Association of Dutch Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland: VAAN)

W.M. (Helma) van Dijk
vandijk@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1990

areas of expertise

employment law

• employment law and dismissal law, including guidance with reorganisations/collective redundancy
• drafting employment law arrangements
• maritime employment law
• employer's liability/maritime employer's liability
• employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions (transferring ownership of companies)
• collective labour agreements
• co-determination law/employee participation
• non-competition clauses
• statutory limitations in working hours and working conditions
• employment law and social security law aspects of occupational disability
• strikes
• employment law aspects of insolvencies
• position of statutory directors
• equal treatment issues
• privacy and data protection 

sectors

• Helma has experience in numerous sectors but has specific long-term experience in the logistics sector, port sector and the commercial and non-profit sector (including care home and housing associations) 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1990)
• International Law study programme at the University of Athens
• Postgraduate Employment Law course, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Hugo Sinzheimer Institute 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Association of Rotterdam Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Rotterdamse Arbeidsrecht Advocaten: VRAA)
• Association of Dutch Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland: VAAN)
• Netherlands Maritime and Transport Law Association 

other positions

• member of the group of the Board of Delegates of the Dutch Bar Association
• acts as speaker on employment law subjects

Ph. (Philip) Ekering
ekering@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1998

areas of expertise

employment law

• drafting employment contracts and specific terms of employment arrangements for personnel, redundancy arrangements and social plans
• handling individual and collective redundancies (reorganisations) for companies
• assisting middle management and senior management
• providing advice and legal proceedings concerning non-competition clauses
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning the Foreign Nationals (Employment) Act

public service law

• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning legal position disputes

debt collection and procedural law

• Philip has broad experience of procedural law, especially in the field of the contract performance and debt collection claims, including attachment, collection in interlocutory proceedings and conducting legal proceedings on the merits of the case 

sectors

• Philip has specific long-term experience in the automotive sector and – act for BOVAG members (association of motor car garage and allied trades) in respect of employment law - is frequently engaged by automotive companies

education

• Dutch Law, VU University Amsterdam (1997)
• Postgraduate Employment Law Course, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Hugo Sinzheimer Institute

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Association of Rotterdam Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Rotterdamse Arbeidsrecht Advocaten: VRAA)
• Association of Dutch Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland: VAAN)
• VIA, Association of Debt Recovery and Litigation Attorneys

other positions

• chair of the Supervisory Board of the foundation Stichting LMC
• secretary Rotterdam South Association for Businesses

C. (Carolien) Greven-van Noord
vnoord@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2007

areas of expertise

lease

• drafting and assessing leases/tenancy agreements in the broadest sense and especially those concerned with commercial accommodation and housing
• providing advice on existing leases/tenancy agreements, nuisance issues, renovation projects, defects, contract acquisition, substitution, rents
• due diligence investigations/risk assessments
• conducting legal proceedings and dealing with every conceivable type of dispute in the field of leases, such as termination of leases/tenancy agreements, evacuations, rent disputes, substitution and contract acquisition

general private law

• various civil-law legal proceedings and providing advice concerning private property law

education

• Dutch Law, University of Utrecht (2004)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

A.M.M. (Diny) Hompus
hompus@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1992

areas of expertise

family law

• assisting and advising clients in all aspects of family law, including divorce, termination of cohabitation, maintenance issues, contact and custody issues, division and settlement claims but also in matters relating to inheritance
• conducting legal proceedings in disputes relating to family law and inheritance
• handling matters concerning administration and guardianship
• drafting agreements and contracts of settlement
• coaching clients  in mediation
• providing a binding decision and issuing second opinions on matters relating to family law 

divorce mediation

• providing guidance as a divorce mediator for married couples/partners within the scope of terminating their marriage or relationship and all the arrangements that involves 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1990)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS) specialist training courses, Family Law and Divorce Mediation
• Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI) mediator

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS)
• Family and Juvenile Law Association (Vereniging voor Familie- en Jeugdrecht: FJR)
• Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI) certified mediator
• Rotterdam Mediators Association (RMA)

other positions

• deputy justice at the ’s Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal
• vice-chair of the Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS)
• deputy member of the Waarborgcommissie (Guarantee Commission) Mediators of Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI)

M. (Rien) Hoogendoorn
hoogendoorn@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2010

areas of expertise

• corporate law
• insolvency law
• general private law 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2010)
• Master Economics & Business, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2008) 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

A.N. (Arjen) Kampherbeek
kampherbeek@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1990

areas of expertise

employment law

• collective redundancies/reorganisations, including handling of the entire reorganisation process on behalf of the company
• individual dismissal cases
• assisting statutory directors and senior management in conflicts
• employee-participation programs and disputes with works councils, including conducting associated legal proceedings in the Subdistrict Courts and Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Appeal
• drafting employment contracts and specific terms of employment arrangements for personnel, redundancy arrangements and social plans
• advice and legal proceedings concerning non-competition clauses

employee-participation (Dutch Works Councils Act)

• assisting companies in the organisation of employee-participation and in disputes with works councils
• recommendations on giving shape to procedures concerning requests to works councils for formal opinions and consent in respect of acquisitions, mergers, reorganisations etc.
• conducting proceedings with regard to works counsils 
• assisting works councils as an expert on the basis of the Works Councils Act

corporate law

• disputes between shareholders/drafting shareholders' agreements
• providing advice on management participation programs and private equity transactions
• providing advice concerning family companies and succession issues
• restructuring and establishing the structures of holding companies
• setting up and advising partnerships (professional partnership/general partnership firm)
• drafting commercial contracts 

sectors

• Arjen has experience in numerous sectors but has specific experience in the port and transport sector and with manufacturing companies in the food sector

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1988)
• English Legal Methods, Cambridge University (GB)
• Grotius Academy specialist training courses, Company Law and Business Law
• Postgraduate Employment Law Course, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Hugo Sinzheimer Institute
• Mediation training: Conflict Mediation course at the Centre for Conflict Management (Centrum voor Conflicthantering: CvC)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Association of Rotterdam Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Rotterdamse Arbeidsrecht Advocaten: VRAA)
• Association of Dutch Employment Lawyers (Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland: VAAN) 

other positions

• member of the Supervisory Board of P.A. van der Kooij Holding B.V.
• board member of the cultural foundation Stichting Kasteel van Rhoon
• regularly holds lectures for businesses and seminars on employment law
• member of the Supervisory Board of Ikazia Hospital (1995-2011)

M.J. (Michiel) Leenhouts
leenhouts@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2007

areas of expertise

employment law

• individual dismissals and collective redundancies
• issues concerning malfunctioning employees
• drafting employment contracts and specific terms of employment arrangements for personnel, redundancy arrangements and social plans
• providing advice and legal proceedings concerning non-competition clauses

employee-participation (Dutch Works Councils Act)

• assisting companies in the organisation of co-determination and in disputes with works councils
• recommendations on giving shape to procedures concerning requests to works councils for formal opinions and consent in respect of acquisitions, mergers, reorganisations etc.
• conducting proceedings with regard to works councils 
• assisting works councils as an expert on the basis of the Works Councils Act

corporate law

• mergers, acquisitions, management buy-outs, management buy-ins and joint ventures
• providing advice on company incorporations and drawing up shareholders' agreements
• disputes between shareholders
• legal due diligence for the purchase and sale of businesses and within the scope of risk management
• drafting of various business law contracts 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2006) 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Dutch Young Employment Lawyers Association (Vereniging Jonge Arbeidsrecht Advocaten, VJAA) 

other positions

• registrar of the disputes committee Geschillencommissie Coöperatie Coforta U.A.

M.G.J. (Monique) van Lochem
vlochem@hvadvocaten.nl

company lawyer since 1995

areas of expertise

• Monique has a great interest in legal science and is a specialist in the law of property and civil procedural law
• contract law, drafting commercial contracts and general terms and conditions 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1995)
• broad range of Dutch postdoctoraal (postgraduate) study programmes, mainly in the fields of private contracts, private property law and civil procedural law

J.R. (Ruud) Maas
maas@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1977

areas of expertise

insolvency law

• acting subject to court appointment as administrator and trustee/liquidator in insolvencies
• providing advice on restructuring
• providing advice - at the request of the management board, shareholders or financiers - to companies in difficulty
• providing advice on financing and security
• assisting directors in liability matters 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1975)
• Grotius Academy specialist training course on Insolvency Law
• Insolad/Erasmus University Rotterdam, Financial Economics for Trustees/Liquidators 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• INSOLAD (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners) 

other positions

• chairman of the Insolvency Committee of the Rotterdam Bar Association
• member of the Board of Delegates from 1997 to 2009
• member of the Supervisory Council in the District of Rotterdam from 1991 to 1997

P. (Peter) van der Mersch
vandermersch@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1982

areas of expertise

construction law/general property

• drafting and assessing contracts relating to the construction industry and project development
• providing legal assistance in legal proceedings and arbitrations
• advising contractors, project developers, architects, municipal authorities, companies and private individuals in construction disputes
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning lease law

procedural law/litigation (including attachment and sale by execution), national and international arbitration

• Peter has broad experience in litigation, especially in the area of the contract performance and monetary claim collections, including attachment, collection in interlocutory proceedings and conducting legal proceedings on the merits, in the Netherlands and abroad

commercial law and contract law

• handling complex claims and proceedings concerning commercial transactions, in the Netherlands and abroad

mortgage law

• providing advice on mortgages, including on behalf of banks and financial institutions in relation to foreclosure issues and mortgage fraud

disciplinary law

• providing advice on legal assistance in various disciplinary proceedings in a variety of professions 

sectors

• Peter has specific experience in the construction and property sector and is a specialist in providing legal assistance to banks, financial institutions and professional market parties in the field of mortgage foreclosures and mortgage fraud. Peter is also widely experienced in providing advice and conducting legal proceedings for companies based in other countries. 

education

• Dutch Law, University of Leiden (1982)
• Grotius Academy, specialist training course, Property 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• VIA, Association of Debt Recovery and Litigation Attorneys (co-founder and former chairman)
• Construction Lawyers Association (VBR-A)
• Property Lawyers Association (VVJ)
• Dutch Association for Procedural Law
• Commercial Law League of America

R.C.M. (Robert) van Moorsel
vmoorsel@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1993 

areas of expertise

insolvency law

• acting subject to court appointment as administrator trustee/liquidator in insolvencies
• advising companies in financial difficulty and directors, supervisory directors and shareholders
• providing advice on financing arrangements and security
• providing advice on directors' and officers' liability
• acting in legal proceedings and disputes concerning the aforementioned matters 

corporate law

• drafting commercial contracts and advising on contractual agreements
• acquisitions (especially distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A), management buy-outs, management buy-ins and joint ventures
• conducting legal proceedings in business law disputes 

publications

• publications

education

• Dutch Law, University of Leiden (1993)
• Grotius Academy specialist training course in Bank Financing and Security
• Insolad (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners)/Grotius Academy, specialist training course, Insolvency Law 
• Insolad (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners)/EUR, Fianciële Economie voor Curatoren

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• INSOLAD (Dutch Association of Insolvency Practitioners)
• Dutch Commercial Law Association
• Netherlands Association for Comparative and International Insolvency Law

other positions

• lecturer at NBAVRA – formerly known as VERA and Controllers Instituut
• author of various business law and insolvency law articles
• secretary of the Rotterdam-British Business Club (RBBC) 

M.E.T. (Mariëtte) Mijs-Zillikens
mijs@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1981

areas of expertise

family law

• assisting and advising clients in all aspects of family law, including divorce, termination of cohabitation, maintenance issues, contact and custody issues, division and settlement claims but also in matters relating to inheritance
• handling matters concerning administration and guardianship
• conducting legal proceedings in disputes relating to family law and inheritance
• drafting agreements and contracts of settlement
• coaching clients who are in mediation elsewhere
• providing a binding decision and issuing second opinions on matters relating to family law 

divorce mediation

• providing guidance as a divorce mediator for married couples/partners within the scope of terminating their marriage or relationship and all the arrangements that involves 

education

• Dutch Law, University of Leiden (1981)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS) specialist training courses, Family Law and Divorce Mediation
• Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI) mediator

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS)
• Vereniging Collaborative Divorce Holland (Collaborative Divorce Holland Association)
• Netherlands Mediation Institute (NMI) certified mediator 

other positions

• editorial member of the magazine Tijdschrift Relatierecht En Praktijk (REP), concerned with relationship law and practice

J.M. (Jeroen) Peet
peet@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2004

areas of expertise

family law

• assisting and advising clients in all aspects of family law, including divorce, termination of cohabitation, maintenance issues, contact and custody issues, division and settlement claims but also in matters relating to inheritance
• assisting and advising clients in all aspects of family law with international aspects
• conducting legal proceedings in disputes relating to family law and inheritance
• drafting agreements and contracts of settlement
• coaching clients who are in mediation elsewhere
• providing a binding decision and issuing second opinions on matters relating to family law 

divorce mediation

• providing guidance as a divorce mediator for married couples/partners within the scope of terminating their marriage or relationship and all the arrangements that involves 

education

• Dutch Law, Radboud University Nijmegen (2003)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS) specialist training courses, Family Law and Divorce Mediation

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Dutch Association of Family Law Lawyers and Divorce Mediators (vFAS)

S.K. (Simon) Setz
setz@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2008

areas of expertise

corporate law

• providing advice on the incorporation and location of companies and drafting shareholders' agreements
• mergers, acquisitions, management buy-outs, management buy-ins and joint ventures
• legal due diligence for the purchase and sale of businesses
• setting up and advising partnerships (professional partnership/general partnership firm)
• drafting various business law contracts
• drafting general terms and conditions and commercial contracts
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings in connection with disputes between shareholders
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning liability issues

insolvency law

• advising companies in financial difficulty on how to find suitable solutions
• rationalising businesses and supervising possible a restart, at the request of the management board and shareholders as well as financiers
• acting subject to court appointment as administrator in moratoria and as trustee/liquidator in insolvencies
• providing advice and conducting legal proceedings concerning directors' and officers' liability
• providing advice on financing and security

collections

• (national and international) proceedings concerning compliance with agreements and monetary claim collections, including attachment, interlocutory legal proceedings and other civil-law proceedings 

education

• Dutch Law, University of Groningen (2007) 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

E.W. (Eric) Spreij
spreij@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2001

areas of expertise

corporate law

• mergers, acquisitions, management buy-outs, buy-ins and joint ventures
• providing advice on the incorporation and location of businesses and on the structures of holding companies
• drafting shareholders' agreements, including for joint ventures and management participations
• providing advice on private equity investments and informal investments
• specific problems in family businesses and succession issues
• certification schemes and employee participation plans
• providing advice on partnerships (professional partnership/general partnership firm)
• drafting commercial contracts, including agency and distribution agreements, supply contracts and general terms and conditions
• acting in business law disputes, including conducting legal proceedings in court as well as in the Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Appeal (right to institute an inquiry, annual accounts proceedings, buying out) and in arbitrations

employment law

• handling individual and collective redundancies (reorganisations) for companies
• assisting statutory directors and senior management in reorganisations 

sectors

• Eric advises clients in various sectors and has specific experience in the port, manufacturing and industrial sectors. 

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University (2000)
• Grotius Academy specialist training course in Corporate Transactions (now: Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Grotius Academy specialist training courses, Company Law and Business Law 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Commercial Law Association
• Corporate Litigation Association 

other positions

• Eric has several other positions, including that of vice-chairman of the business publication Rotterdams Ondernemersbelang, and that of external expert to the Rotterdam section of the Chamber of Commerce.

M.V. (Marc) van der Storm
storm@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 1990 

areas of expertise

corporate law

• mergers, acquisitions, management buy-outs, buy-ins and joint ventures
• providing advice on the incorporation and location of businesses and on the structures of holding companies
• drafting shareholders' agreements, including for joint ventures and management participation
• providing advice on private equity investments and informal investment
• family businesses and succession issues
• providing advice on partnerships (professional partnership/general partnership firm)
• drafting commercial contracts, including agency and distribution agreements, supply contracts and general terms and conditions
• acting in business law disputes, including conducting legal proceedings in court as well as in the  Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Appeal (right to institute an inquiry, annual accounts proceedings, buying out) and in arbitrations
• providing advice on competition law

sectors

• experience in various sectors and specific experience in the food, construction and automotive sector

education

• Dutch Law, University of Leiden (1989)
• Specialists training course, Postgraduate Business Law course
• Mergers and Acquisitions Erasmus University Rotterdam/Training Centre for Law and Practics
• Grotius Academy specialist training courses, Company Law and Business Law 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
• Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCW West
• Rotterdam Legal Society 

other positions

• deputy chair of the ethical standards board of the Code of Conduct for the Advertising of Medicinal Products (the foundation Stichting CGR)
• chair of international network of independent law firms Euréseau

A.D. (Angèle) Stout-van Erp
stout@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2009

areas of expertise

• family law
• corporate law

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2009)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

Y.C. (Youri) Tonino
tonino@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2012

areas of expertise

insolvency law

• acting subject to court appointment as administrator trustee/liquidator in insolvencies
• advising companies in financial difficulty and directors, supervisory directors and shareholders
• providing advice on financing arrangements and security
• providing advice on directors' and officers' liability
• acting in legal proceedings and disputes concerning the aforementioned matters 

corporate law

• drafting commercial contracts and advising on contractual agreements
• acquisitions (especially distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A), management buy-outs, management buy-ins and joint ventures
• conducting legal proceedings in business law disputes 

publications

• publications

education

• Dutch Law, University of Utrecht (2012)

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)

H. (Harmen) van der Wilt
vdwilt@hvadvocaten.nl

attorney-at-law since 2009

areas of expertise

• corporate law
• insolvency law
• employment law 

publications

• publications

education

• Dutch law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (2009) 

memberships

• Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)