Wim van Meegdenburg

Wim has been working as a lawyer since 2014, whereby his focus is mainly on business and insolvency law. Multiple larger companies and institutions have engaged Wim for advisory services in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, (project) financing issues, (financial) restructuring, and (enforcement of) security interests. On top of that, Wim is regularly appointed receiver in bankruptcy cases and also litigates and advises (for) creditors in bankruptcy law cases. His clients describe Wim as creative, committed, and someone who quickly gets to the core of a case.

Expertise

• Corporate law
• Insolvency law
• Financing and security interests

 Background and other work

• 2012, Utrecht University, Law
• 2013, Utrecht University, Master’s degree Law & Business
• 2013, Utrecht University, Excellent Master Programme (honours programme)
• 2018, Grotius Specialisation Programme in Financing & Security Interests (cum laude)
• 2022, Grotius Specialisation Programme in Insolvency Law (cum laude)
• Author of Green Series Bankruptcy Act
• Author of Insolvency Law
• Member of the Association of Young Insolvency Lawyers
• Member of Round Table 29 (Gouda)
• Member of the Commission MKB (SME) of the VOA (Business Network Alphen aan den Rijn)

Recent cases

• Business law: advising and litigating on the positions of shareholders, directors, officers, and supervisory board members, disputes between shareholders (including right of inquiry), directors’ and officers’ liability, shareholder agreements, takeovers (shares or assets) and partnerships, advice on project financing.
• Insolvency law: acting as receiver in bankruptcies, assisting companies in financial difficulty, advising on company relaunches/takeovers, advising and litigating on (enforcement of) security interests, and directors’ and officers’ liability.