Welcome
My name is Bob Wessels. I have been an independent legal counsel, advisor and arbitrator, with 45 years of business experience. For over 25 years I acted as a deputy justice in the Court of Appeal in The Hague. From 1988-2014 I was a law professor (civil law, commercial law, insolvency law) at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and the University of Leiden. This website illustrates a number of my past and present activities.
You can follow me through my blog. You can also find me on: linkedin.com/in/bobwessels. For further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Recent blog posts
- 2026-09-doc3 Insolvency Regulation’s Annex A hits a stumbling block, again19 September 2026One of the many topics on the European Commission’s present restructuring and insolvency agenda is the revision of the European Insolvency Regulation (EIR 2015), as I detailed in January 2026 blog, see ... Read More »
- 2026-09-doc2 Dutch court tests the limits of post-Brexit insolvency cooperation9 September 2026In January, the District Court of Rotterdam ruled on a request from X (from Manchester) and Y (from London), both acting as administrators appointed by the English High Court in an administration, an English insolvency proceeding concerning company ... Read More »