Wouter den Hollander

Wouter specialises in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on cases with a sector-specific public law regulatory dimension. 

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Wouter den Hollander Stibbe

Wouter den Hollander

Senior Associate Amsterdam

Wouter specialises in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on cases with a sector-specific public law regulatory dimension. 

Wouter den Hollander

Senior Associate Amsterdam

Recent work includes summary proceedings for a major Dutch supermarket company against a municipality relating to the enforcement of a permit, advisory work for a big four audit firm as a member of Stibbe’s accountancy and accountants’ liability team and proceedings concerning sustainability requirements for the use of biomass for electricity production.

Before joining Stibbe, Wouter was a lecturer in private law at Leiden University for six years. In June 2016, he successfully defended his PhD thesis on the concept of the protective scope (relativiteitsleer; Schutznormdoctrine) of statutory provisions in Dutch tort law.

Wouter has (co)authored numerous blogs and journal articles on contract law, tort law and civil procedure. He is a member of the editorial board of the Dutch civil law journal Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht (MvV).

Languages: Dutch, English
Admitted to the Amsterdam Bar: 2016
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NL Law

Stibbe represents the bankruptcy trustees of Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in dispute with the City of Amsterdam

Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of  the Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in proceedings against the City of Amsterdam, centred on the City’s demand that the bankruptcy trustees investigate whether there were any irregularities prior to the ban

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Stibbe represents bankruptcy trustrees Indover Bank

Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of the Dutch merchant bank, Indover Bank, in a major dispute with Bank Indonesia. Indover Bank was a 100% subsidiary of Bank Indonesia and was declared bankrupt in 2008.

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Stibbe represents bankruptcy trustees MC Slotervaart in dispute with medical specialists

In summary proceedings against the bankruptcy trustees of the Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart, a group of medical specialists claimed they had been given insufficient time to make an offer to take over the bankrupt MC Slotervaart. The specialists applie

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NL Law

Stibbe represents ING

Stibbe represented ING Bank in a major contractual dispute with market maker company Cross Options. In the early 1990s, ING Bank and Cross Options both held shares in the clearing institution Extra Clearing, listed on the Amsterdam Options Exchange.

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