Expertise
VHL focuses on complex situations that require experience, judgment and decisive action, regardless of formal practice labels.
Restructuring & Insolvency
VHL advises companies, boards, shareholders and creditors in complex restructuring and insolvency situations, including proceedings under the Dutch WHOA. The practice centres on navigating financially distressed situations, structuring viable solutions and managing stakeholder dynamics, in and outside formal proceedings, often where legal, financial and governance issues converge.
Dispute Resolution
VHL represents clients in complex corporate and commercial disputes before Dutch courts, including the Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer), and in international arbitration. Matters typically involve disputes between shareholders, boards and counterparties, where legal, strategic and reputational interests intersect.
Where appropriate, VHL advises on resolving disputes outside formal proceedings and on strategies to avoid unnecessary litigation.
Court Appointments
Job van Hooff is an experienced restructuring expert and regularly accepts court appointments as restructuring expert and observer under the Dutch WHOA. He has extensive experience as bankruptcy trustee and administrator in high-profile bankruptcies and suspension of payments proceedings, including appointments involving a bank and several investment firms.