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Biography

Maartje has been a lawyer in Dirkzwager's corporate law section since 2011, where she has developed into a leading expert in restructuring and insolvency law. The courts regularly appoint her as receiver in bankruptcies.

Maartje has extensive experience with the Homologation Private Agreement Act (WHOA) and has distinguished herself as an expert in this complex legal field. In 2021, she successfully completed the Specialisation Course WHOA - Restructuring Expert at Leiden University. Maartje enjoys sharing her expertise on a regular basis through publications and lectures. Since the introduction of WHOA, Maartje has successfully assisted a large number of clients, including companies as well as shareholders and creditors, in WHOA processes.

In addition, Maartje provides strategic and legal assistance in recovery processes, (bank) financing, guarantees, surety bonds, set-off, recourse and subrogation, (soil) attachment and security rights. Maartje also has extensive experience in litigation concerning tax recovery and disputes with the Tax Authorities, directors' liability and pauliana. In addition, she assists clients in asset and liability transactions, business closures and restarts from bankruptcy.

Work highlights
  • Counselling and offering a WHOA agreement for a manufacturing company, which was successfully  homologated.

  • Advising and counselling a group company on the disposal of loss-making subsidiaries and refinancing the group credit.

  • Assisting a company in resisting tax collection and reaching a debt settlement with the Tax Authorities.

     

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Functies en opleidingen

  • 2021 - 2021
    Specialisation course WHOA - Restructuring Expert (Leiden University) 

  • 2018 - 2018
    Financial economics for insolvency lawyers (EUR/INSOLAD) 

  • 2016 - 2016
    Grotius Insolvency Law (INSOLAD)

  • 2013 - 2014
    CPO Insolvency Law for receivers (Radboud University Nijmegen) 

  • 2011 - 2012
    Professional training advocacy (Dutch Bar Association) 

  • 2005 - 2010
    Dutch Law (University of Groningen) 

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