Gert-Jan Boon
External PhD candidate
- Name
- Mr.drs. J.M.G.J. Boon
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7939
- j.m.g.j.boon@law.leidenuniv.nl
Gert-Jan Boon LL.M MSc is a researcher and lecturer at the departments of Corporate Law and Business Studies at the Leiden Law School. Before, he has finished masters in Marketing (Free University Amsterdam) and in Corporate Law (University of Leiden). He conducts research in the field of turnaround, rescue and insolvency of financially distressed businesses. His research has a strong European/international character. For his dissertation, Gert-Jan studies the Debtor-in-Possession in restructuring of distressed businesses.
Gert-Jan Boon LL.M MSc is a researcher and lecturer at the departments of Corporate Law and Business Studies at the Leiden Law School. Before, he has finished masters in Marketing (Free University Amsterdam) and in Corporate Law (University of Leiden). He conducts research in the field of turnaround, rescue and insolvency of financially distressed businesses. His research has a strong European/international character.
For his dissertation, Gert-Jan studies the Debtor-in-Possession in restructuring of distressed businesses. The working title of his PhD research is: On the rescue of businesses in distress: a study of the Debtor in Possession.
Furthermore, Gert-Jan is/has been involved in several international research projects, including:
- Judicial Co-Operation supporting Economic Recovery in Europe (JCOERE) project, 2019-2020 (a project aiming to enhance judicial co-operation under the Recast Insolvency Regulation (EU 2015/848) supporting preventive restructuring (rescue) processes for European businesses);
- European Law Institute (ELI), Rescue of Business in Insolvency Law, 2017 (as member of the project team, together with Prof. Em. Bob Wessels en Prof. Stephan Madaus, Gert-Jan was involved in this study on (elements of ) a legal framework that enables the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe. It resulted in the ELI Business Rescue Report, comprising some 115 recommendations, which was adapted unanimously by ELI in 2017 and published in 2020 by OUP);
- EU Court-to-Court Insolvency Cooperation Principles, 2015 (developing Principles and Guidelines for cooperation by European judges in cross-border insolvency cases, this project is co-financed by the European Union and the International Insolvency Institute);
- INSOL Europe, Statement of Principles and Best Practices for Insolvency Office Holders in Europe, 2014 (developing Principles and Best Practices as a European code of conduct for Insolvency Practitioners, a project initiated by INSOL Europe);
- INSOL Europe, Guidelines for Out-of-Court Restructuring and Turnaround Professionals, 2015 (developing a code of conduct for restructuring en turnaround professionals in Europe, a project initiated by INSOL Europe).
Gert-Jan is a member of the Business & Law Research Network (BLRN) and the TRI Leiden research team. Furthermore, he is a fellow of the European Law Institute (ELI), adjunct secretary of the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), chair of the INSOL Europe Younger Academics Network of Insolvency Law (YANIL), and board member of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum (IEAF). In addition, on behalf of ELI, he attends meetings of Working Group V (insolvency) of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as observer.
External PhD candidate
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Privaatrecht
- Ondernemingsrecht
Lecturer
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Privaatrecht
- Ondernemingsrecht
- Ghio E., Boon J.M.G.J., Ehmke D., Gant J., Langkjaer L. & Vaccari E. (25 October 2021), Rethinking the rhetoric and strategies of European insolvency law harmonisation post-COVID. Oxford Business Law Blog. Oxford: University of Oxford [blog entry].
- Ghio E., Boon J.M.G.J., Ehmke D., Gant J., Langkjaer L. & Vaccari E. (2021), Harmonising insolvency law in the EU: New thoughts on old ideas in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, International Insolvency Review 30(3): 427-459.
- Boon J.M.G.J., Vriesendorp R.D. & Sijbesma R. (2021), Netherlands Commercial Court als mogelijke WHOA-rechter bij internationale herstructureringen, Herstructurering & Recovery Online 2021(W-001): .
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2021), Actoren in de WHOA: herstructureren met de schuldenaar (debtor in possession), herstructureringsdeskundige en observator. In: Harmsen C.M. & Reumers M.L.H. (Eds.) De WHOA van wet naar recht. Recht en Praktijk – Insolventierecht no. 18 Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. 71-92.
- Boon J.M.G.J., Madaus S. & Wessels B. (2021), Rescue of Business in Europe: the debtor-in-possession and small enterprises in distress, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 85(Autumn 2021): 12.
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Wessels B. (2021), The Realm of Soft Law Instruments in Restructuring and Insolvency Law. In: Omar P.J. & Gant J.L.L. (Eds.) Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring. Research Handbooks in Private and Commercial Law series Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 401-429.
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Wessels B. (25 November 2020), When Soft Law Instruments Matter: OBLB Influences Cayman Islands' Judgement Approving Cross-Border Insolvency Protocol. Oxford Business Law Blog. Oxford: Oxford University [blog entry].
- Verdoes T.L.M., Boon J.M.G.J. & Nijland J. (20 July 2020), The multifaceted relationship between value and the firm: a dialectic and eclectic approach to corporate governance (Lecture). Amsterdam: Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).
- Boon J.M.G.J. (4 June 2020), Amending insolvency legislation in response to the COVID-19 crisis. EACTP [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (29 May 2020), WHOA on its way. Leiden Law Blog [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (27 May 2020), WHOA gets nod in Dutch Parliament. Weblog Prof. Dr. Bob Wessels [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (12 May 2020), Amending insolvency legislation in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University [blog entry].
- Vos B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (5 May 2020), Getting the Dutch Pre-Pack Done: The Options After Heiploeg. Leiden Law Blog [blog entry].
- Koning G. de & Boon J.M.G.J. (9 April 2020), Is het Nederlandse faillissementsrecht gereed voor de coronacrisis?. Leiden Law Blog [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (27 March 2020), COVID-19 crisis requires legislators to adapt insolvency legislation. Oxford Business Law Blog [blog entry].
- Aalbers R., Adriaanse J.A.A., Boon J.M.G.J., Rest J.I. van der, Vriesendorp R.D. & Wersch F. van (27 February 2020), Reviewing pre-packed bankruptcies: does it create value also for employees?. Oxford Business Law Blog [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (20 January 2020), De pre-pack en behoud van werkgelegenheid: een Nederlandse empirische analyse. Leest de Belgische wetgever mee?. Corporate Finance Lab: Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance and Insolvency [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), A New Kid on the Block: A Review of the EU DIP in the European Insolvency Regulation (Recast) and the Preventive Restructuring Directive. In: Gant, J.L.L. (Ed.) Harmonisation of Insolvency and Restructuring Laws in the EU: Papers from the INSOL Europe Academic Forum Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-26 September 2019. Nottingham: INSOL Europe. 51-66.
- Madaus S. & Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), Building COVID-19 Resilient Insolvency Frameworks (Guest editorial), International Insolvency Review 29(2): 155-158.
- Wabl G. & Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), Das neue “Dutch Scheme” – die Niederlande am Weg zum neuen Restrukturierungshub? [ZIK 2020/173], Zeitschrift für Insolvenzrecht und Kreditschutz 2020(4): 151-156.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), Inventory Report on International Recommendations from Standard-Setting Organisations. In: European Law Institute, Wessels B., Madaus S. & Boon J.M.G.J. (Ed.) Rescue of Business in Europe: a European Law Institute instrument. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1078-1330.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), Mapping Preventive Restructuring Frameworks and the EU Preventive Restructuring Directive for the JCOERE Project, Country Report: The Netherlands: JCOERE Consortium.
- Vriesendorp R.D., Boon J.M.G.J., Tasman D. & Selander E. (2020), Mediators in the EU Restructuring and Insolvency Landscape. In: Gant, J.L.L. (Ed.) Harmonisation of Insolvency and Restructuring Laws in the EU: Papers from the INSOL Europe Academic Forum Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-26 September 2019. Nottingham: INSOL Europe. 140-154.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2020), New Arrivals in EU Restructuring Law: the DIP and the PIFOR, International Corporate Rescue 17(6): 426-435.
- European Law Institute, Wessels B., Madaus S. & Boon J.M.G.J. (Eds.) (2020), Rescue of Business in Europe: a European Law Institute instrument. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Boon J.M.G.J., Brunnermeier M., Eidenmüller H., Enriques L., Gurrea-Martínez A., Judge K., Landau J.P., Pagano M., Reis R. & Zwieten K. van (2020), The COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Law: A Series of Posts from the Oxford Business Law Blog. Oxford: Oxford Business Law Blog. [Working paper].
- Boon J.M.G.J., Krohn A. & Lunetti C. (2020), The Leiden Insolvency Workshop: Nurturing European Doctoral Talent, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 79(Spring 2020): 8-9.
- Ghio E., Boon J.M.G.J., Ehmke D.C., Gant J.L.L., Langkjaer L. & Vaccari E. (2020), The Limits and Logic of the EU Harmonisation Process in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 80(Summer 2020): 22-23.
- Gant J.L.L., Boon J.M.G.J. & Vaccari E. (2020), The Rise of Early Career Insolvency Law Academics and Researchers (Guest editorial), International Insolvency Review 29(1): 3-7.
- Aalbers H., Adriaanse J.A.A., Boon J.M.G.J., Rest J.I. van der, Vriesendorp R.D. & Van Wersch F. (2019), Does pre-packed bankruptcy create value? An empirical study of postbankruptcy employment retention in The Netherlands, International Insolvency Review 28(3): 320-339.
- Wessels B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (20 September 2019), Europe column: the ethical IP. Global Restructuring Review [blog entry].
- Bednarski M., Dessauvagie C., Pastoors M. & Boon J.M.G.J. (30 July 2019), The Mediator in Insolvency Law: Exploring New Terrain. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden Law School [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Wessels B. (26 July 2019), Soft law instruments on restructuring and insolvency law: why they matter (or not). Oxford Business Law Blog. Oxford: University of Oxford [blog entry].
- Wessels B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (11 June 2019), Do soft law instruments matter in the insolvency arena?. Global Restructuring Review [blog entry].
- Wessels B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (11 February 2019), NK v BNP Paribas Fortis – Insolvency Regulation or Brussels I Regulation?. Global Restructuring Review [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J., Lankjaer L., Ehmke D.C., Gant J.L.L. & Ghio E. (2019), 10 Years of YANIL: Restructuring across Europe and the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 76(Summer 2019): 34-35.
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Wessels B. (2019), After Brexit, The ALI-III Transnational Insolvency Report May Serve as a Safety Net, ALI Reporter: the quarterly newsletter of the American Law Institute 41(2): 16,18.
- Boon J.M.G.J., Kokorin I. & Pool J.M.W. (2019), Improving Restructuring of Corporate Groups in Europe: Report on the ELI and BLRN conferences in December 2018, Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht 2019(3): 162-168 (TvI 2019/21).
- Boon J.M.G.J., Kokorin I. & Pool J.M.W. (2019), Restructuring of Corporate Groups in Europe, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 75(Spring 2019): 10.
- Wessels B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (2019), Soft law instruments in restructuring and insolvency law: exploring its rise and impact, Tijdschrift voor vennootschapsrecht, rechtspersonenrecht en ondernemingsbestuur 2019(2): 53-64.
- Ehmke D.C., Gant J.L.L., Boon J.M.G.J., Langkjaer L. & Ghio E. (2019), The European Union preventive restructuring framework: A hole in one?, International Insolvency Review 28(2): 184-209.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (3 January 2018), Rescue of businesses in distress: shaping the insolvency and restructuring landscape. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden University [blog entry].
- Boon J.M.G.J., Adriaanse J.A.A. & Branger M.A. (2018), Business Rescue. Een Europese studie naar verbetering van het reorganiserend vermogen van ondernemingen in zwaar weer, Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht 2018(3): 135-139 (TvI 2018/21).
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Pool J.M.W. (2018), Business Resilience: de rol van bestuurders bij het voorkomen van bedrijfsfalen: Verslag eerste internationale congres van het Business & Liability Research Network, Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht 2018(3): 130-134 (TvI 2018/20).
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2018), Harmonising European Insolvency Law: The Emerging Role of Stakeholders, International Insolvency Review 27(2): 150-177.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2017), Stakeholders and their Influence on Harmonisation of Insolvency Laws in Europe. In: Gant J.L.L. (Ed.) Harmonisation of European Insolvency Law. Nottingham: INSOL Europe. 3-29.
- Boon J.M.G.J. & Madaus S. (2017), Toward a European Business Rescue Culture. In: Adriaanse J.A.A., Rest J.I. van der (Eds.) Turnaround Management and Bankruptcy. Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies no. 69 New York: Routledge. 238-258.
- Orij R.P. & Boon J.M.G.J. (2016), Stakeholderbelangen bij bedrijven in zwaar weer. In: Adriaanse J.A.A., Offeren D.H. van & Rest J.I. van der (Eds.) Turnaround Management. Deventer: Wolters Kluwer. 153-171.
- Boon J.M.G.J., Tromp J. & Santen B.P.A. (2016), Grensoverschrijdende rechterlijke samenwerking in insolventies: Ervaringen bij de JudgeCo Judicial Training Sessions, Nederlands Juristenblad 91(4): 262-269 (NJB 2016/199).
- Santen B.P.A., Ven F.A. van de & Boon J.M.G.J. (2016), Opening secondary insolvency proceedings in the EU from 2017, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 62(Winter 2015/2016): 22-24.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2016), Promoting Business Rescue in Europe: Discussions at the Annual Conference of the European Law Institute, International Insolvency Law Review 2016(1): 1-4.
- Boon J.M.G.J. (2015), Corporate Rescue: Workshop Report. In: Veder M., Omar P.J. (Ed.) Teaching and Research in International Insolvency Law: Challenges and Opportunities. Nottingham: INSOL Europe. 101-105.
- Wessels B. & Boon J.M.G.J. (2015), Cross-Border Insolvency Law: International Instruments and Commentary. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International.
- Santen B.P.A., Ven F.A. van de & Boon J.M.G.J. (2015), Opening secondary insolvency proceedings in the EU, Eurofenix. The Journal of INSOL Europe 2015(Autumn): 20-22.
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