Robbert Jan van der Weijden

Robbert Jan specialises in complex civil proceedings. He acts as counsel in all sorts of commercial disputes and class actions. Robbert Jan has extensive expertise in, inter alia, matters on director’s liability, securities litigation, and insolvency related affairs. As an attorney, he has represented multinationals in various industries, (international) financial institutions, big four audit firms, claims organisations, bankruptcy trustees and executive directors.

Robbert Jan started his career in the legal profession in the commercial litigation practice of Stibbe. Before that he was a researcher at the highly regarded Radboud Business Law Institute (OO&R) where he obtained a Ph.D degree with a thesis on fraudulent conveyance (“De faillissementspauliana”, published as volume 75 in Serie Onderneming en Recht, Kluwer 2012). Robbert Jan still publishes regularly on various private law and insolvency law topics, and is a much sought-after speaker and lecturer.

Robbert Jan is a deputy judge in the Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden.