mr. R.S. (Rick) van der Spek

lawyer

Leeuwarden

Rick specialises in insolvency law and business law. He has extensive experience with legal proceedings and is an insolvency practitioner and adviser for companies with financial problems. He is also adviser and negotiator for corporate takeovers and in the field of governance and shareholder disputes.

Rick is head of the business law section at TRIP Law and is an authority and sparring partner both within and outside the company. He knows his subject matter as he is himself an experienced director and supervisory board member and is regularly appointed as an official for the Netherlands Enterprise Chamber. He is known to be a good listener and fast thinker and his toolkit from his mediation training helps him in finding solutions. Rick is clued in financially and has a wide network.

Year of swearing-in

1990

Educations

Dutch Law University of Utrecht
International Law degree - European Law
Grotius Academy specialisation accreditation course in financial economics for insolvency pratitioners
Grotius Academy specialisation accreditation course in insolvency law
Grotius Academy specialisation accreditation course in corporate law

Sidelines

Business member Golf & Country Club Lauswolt
Member of Club Diplomatique Fan Fryslân
Member of Round Table 53, 40+
Board member Frisian Enterprise of the Year award
Member of INSOLAD
Chair of the Supervisory Board Koninklijke Oosterhof Holman Beheer B.V.
Editorial member of the Business Law Praktijk (TOP) journal
Stichting Rimari (officer)
Member of the association Corporate Litigation
Member of the association Corporate Mediation

Languages

Dutch, English, French & German