Sigrid Jansen
Senior Partner
Amsterdam
Sigrid Jansen
Senior Partner
Amsterdam
Contact details
Sigrid is the senior partner (office head) of Allen & Overy Netherlands since 1 February 2024. She has been a partner in the restructuring team in Amsterdam since 2012. Since 2021, she has combined this with her role as co-head global restructuring. She will continue to fulfil both roles in addition to her role co-managing the Amsterdam office.
Sigrid specialises in restructuring and workouts of companies in financial distress and the bankruptcy remote structuring of new deals. She has represented companies, including private equity investors, and financial institutions in a wide range of domestic and cross border corporate and multi-bank debt restructurings. She also has particular expertise in corporate finance, secured lending, (financial) collateral arrangements and distressed debt trading.
She joined the firm in 2000. Sigrid is member and fellow of the International Association of Insolvency Lawyers (INSOL International), member of the editorial board of INSOL International, member of the Dutch Association of Insolvency Lawyers (INSOLAD) and member of the insolvency committee for the Ministry of justice.
"One of the best insolvency and restructuring lawyers in the Netherlands," Sigrid Jansen remains a popular choice for advising lenders on restructuring matters. She has notable experience in loan acquisitions, debt for equity swaps and debt recovery proceedings. A client enthuses: "Sigrid Jansen has excellent legal skills and combines these with very strong communication and negotiating skills in any restructuring situation." – Chambers Europe 2022
"Market leader Sigrid Jansen is highly regarded for advising borrowers and lenders on high-profile cross-border restructurings. Appreciating her business-oriented attitude, one client enthuses: "Jansen takes a very commercial approach which ensures deals get done, and she makes sure the advice you are given is very well thought through," before stressing: "I'm always very comfortable in her hands because I know deals will happen." Another client highlights that she is "technically strong but also pragmatic and takes good care of her clients' interests." – Chambers Europe 2021
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2000
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Insolventierecht
Academic
Erasmus Programme, Erasmus University Poitiers (France), 1999
Law degree, University of Groningen (Netherlands), 2000
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Experience highlights
Advising Intertoys on the financial restructuring of its business in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, both on a going-concern basis and on the implementation of the restructuring via a composition plan in a suspension of payments process.
Advising a global institutional alternative investment management firm on its loan-to-own strategy by acquiring a loan portfolio and subsequent foreclosure of the underlying real estate portfolio owned by Breevast.
Advising Vroon on the restructuring of its bilateral financing arrangements, contingency planning (including chapter 11, scheme etc), cocom discussions and operational restructuring.
Advising the senior lenders in the financial restructuring of Steinhoff.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2000
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Insolventierecht
Academic
Erasmus Programme, Erasmus University Poitiers (France), 1999
Law degree, University of Groningen (Netherlands), 2000
Recognition
one of the best insolvency and restructuring lawyers in the Netherlands," Sigrid Jansen remains a popular choice for advising lenders on restructuring matters. She has notable experience in loan acquisitions, debt for equity swaps and debt recovery proceedings. A client enthuses: "Sigrid Jansen has excellent legal skills and combines these with very strong communication and negotiating skills in any restructuring situation.
Chambers Europe 2022
"Market leader Sigrid Jansen is highly regarded for advising borrowers and lenders on high-profile cross-border restructurings. Appreciating her business-oriented attitude, one client enthuses: 'Jansen takes a very commercial approach which ensures deals get done, and she makes sure the advice you are given is very well thought through,' before stressing: 'I'm always very comfortable in her hands because I know deals will happen.' Another client highlights that she is "technically strong but also pragmatic and takes good care of her clients' interests."
Chambers Europe 2021
Sigrid Jansen represents clients in a broad range of restructuring work, covering distressed transactions, cross-border restructuring and contentious mandates. A prominent name in the space, she acts on behalf of leading domestic companies, as well as multinational corporations and state entities.
Chambers Europe 2020
