Bart de Man

Finance, cross border transactions / Mediation / Insolvency & Restructuring / WHOA / Specialist Dispute Resolution

Bart is a Finance and Restructuring partner within Kennedy Van der Laan. He advises on cross-border and domestic financing transactions, restructuring and insolvency matters of all kinds. This includes advising on all aspects of the Dutch Scheme (WHOA). As such he also supports his clients in ‘bet the company’ situations. Bart has also acted as court-appointed administrator in many insolvency proceedings, most of which had international dimensions.

He provides advice as boardroom counsel in situations where a broader perspective and in-depth knowledge of both the law and the business is needed. He also assists clients in complex negotiations. He acts for financial institutions as well as clients in the technology, retail, fashion and real estate sector.

From 2014-2018 Bart was the managing partner of Kennedy Van der Laan. He is a promotor of innovation in the legal industry and is one of the initiators of Kennedy Van der Laan | LegalTech.

• Assisting a large F&B wholesale company on a settlement with its creditors pursuant to a Dutch Scheme;
• Acting as court appointed liquidator in the bankruptcy of La Perla, with assets across the world, including France, Liechtenstein, UK, Spain, Antigua and Panama and a deficit of over EUR 100Mio;
• Acting for a large Nordic production company in a dispute with the liquidator of two Dutch production companies on the ownership of IP-rights and related rights;
• Advising a large Dutch telecom provider in a dispute with the liquidators of another telecom company on the settlement of mutual claims.
• Advising a client in the gaming industry on a EUR 300Mio multicurrency senior secured bond issue;
• Acting for an international provider of loyalty programs in relation to a EUR 40Mio syndicated bank facility.
• Acting for a fund that supports the photonics industry in the Netherlands on the loans it grants to companies in that industry