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
- 2026-04-doc1 Does a Croatian pre-insolvency proceeding lead to a suspension of civil proceedings pending in the Netherlands?23 April 2026At an appeal hearing in November 2025, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal was asked to decide on a conflict between Dutch law firm NautaDutilh and Croatian shipbuilding company Brođograde Industrija Split Dioničko Društvo (Brodosplit). Claims are pending ... Read More »
- 2026-03-doc3 Bank chokes on the European Insolvency Regulation11 March 2026It’s not the first time a bank has fallen foul of the European Insolvency Regulation (EIR 2015) when a foreign client came forward. See for instance my blog at ... Read More »