Partner Winand has well over twenty years’ experience in the field of corporate and commercial litigation. His practice encompasses a wide range of national and international corporate and contract law disputes of varying complexity. These range from shareholder disputes and contractual disputes to attachment proceedings, irregularities in business operations and complex proceedings against the State.
Winand obtained his PhD in 2017 in the field of directors’ liability and has since built up in-depth expertise, making him a much sought-after lawyer and adviser in cases relating to the role and liability of directors and supervisory board members. Winand is known for his analytical and strategic approach, in-depth knowledge of cases and a committed, to-the-point working style. He asks the right questions, thinks strategically and is able to quickly get to the heart of legal issues. Winand always focuses on efficient solutions, even when litigation is unavoidable. Winand is affiliated with the University of Rotterdam, a member of the Corporate Litigation Association and a member of the editorial board of the ‘Instituut voor Permanente Opleiding’ (PO-Online), a Dutch institute for continuing professional education.
Career
2024 – heden
Agorax | Attorney | Partner
2016 – 2024
Westlegal | Attorney | Founder
2019 – 2020
Westlegal | Board Advisor Hudson’s Bay Netherlands
2003 – 2016
Loyens & Loeff N.V. | Attorney
Additional positions
2019 – heden
member of the editorial board of the Online Institute for Continuing Education (PO Online)
2018 – heden
Master’s thesis examiner at Erasmus School of Law
2006 – heden
member of the Corporate Litigation Association
2007 – 2013
Deputy Registrar of the Disciplinary Council for the Amsterdam judicial district
Education
2017
Erasmus University Rotterdam | PhD
2002
Leiden University | LL.M in Business Law
2002
Leiden University | LL.M in Internationaal & European Law
Publications
- Response to Boschma and Wezeman, ‘Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid bij BV’s tien jaar later’, Over een zorgvuldige en evenwichtige normering van het bestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsrecht[Directors’ liability in private limited companies ten years on, On a careful and balanced standardisation of the law on directors’ liability], WPNR 2023/7400.
- Commentary on the ruling of the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal, 14 December 2021, ECLI:NL:GHARL:2021:11395 (on external directors’ liability towards a professional third party), JOR 2022/86.
- Toetsingsintensiteit bij bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid [Intensity of judicial review in directors’ liability], in: R. Schutgens, et al. (eds.), Standard of Review: A Comparative Study of Variations in the Standard of Review Applied by the Courts, Research Centre for State and Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, State and Law Series | vol. 54, Deventer: Wolters Kluwer 2022, pp. 539–575.
- Response to Hammerstein, ‘Een persoonlijk ernstig verwijt [A serious personal reproach’ in Ondernemingsrecht 2021/62, Ondernemingsrecht 2021/113.
- ‘Ernstig verwijt revisited bij Wet bestuur en toezicht rechtspersonen 2020 en de evaluatie van de Wet bestuur en toezicht 2011’ [Serious reproach’ revisited in the context of the 2020 Act on the Management and Supervision of Legal Entities and the evaluation of the 2011 Act on Management and Supervision], MvO 2021/3.
- Een maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid voor ondernemingen en (bange?) bestuurders of coronawetenschap in crisistijd?, Over onder ander Booking.com en Unilever… [A social responsibility for companies and (fearful?) directors, or ‘corona science’ in times of crisis?, On, amongst others, Booking.com and Unilever…], Ondernemingsrecht 2021/3.
- Selectieve betaling: onbehoorlijk taakvervulling en onrechtmatig of niet? HR 12 april 2019, ECLI:NL:HR:2019:576 en HR 17 januari 2020, ECLI:NL:HR:2020:73 en enige theoretische en praktische beschouwingen [Selective payment: improper performance of duties – unlawful or not? Dutch Supreme Court 12 April 2019, ECLI:NL:HR:2019:576 and Dutch Supreme Court 17 January 2020, ECLI:NL:HR:2020:73, and some theoretical and practical considerations], Tijdschrift voor Vennootschapsrecht, rechtspersonenrecht en ondernemingsbestuur 2020/2, pp. 61–70.
- Response to Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsrechtspraak – Kwantitatieve trends [Response to case law on directors’ liability – Quantitative trends] 2003–2017’, Ondernemingsrecht 2019/129.
- Kroniek Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid 2018 – Geschriften vanwege de Vereniging Corporate Litigation [Chronicle of Directors’ Liability 2018 – Papers from the Corporate Litigation Association 2018–2019], Series published by the Van der Heijden Institute – Wolters Kluwer, Volume 157.
- Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid en internetcriminaliteit in de bioscoop [Directors’ liability and cybercrime in the cinema], MvO 2019/3.4.
- Response to book review: Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid in theorie [Directors’ liability in theory], MvV 2019/3.
- Commentary on the ruling of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, 18 December 2018, ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2018:4798 (on directors’ liability in foundations), JOR 2019/55.
- Het trustkantoor als bestuurder en ‘omgaan’ in het bestuurdersaansprakelijkheidsrecht [The trust office as a director and ‘conduct’ in directors’ liability law], O& F 2018/3, pp. 14–32.
- Commentary on the Rotterdam District Court judgment of 9 August 2017, ECLI:NL:RBROT:2017:6614 (on directors’ liability in foundations), JOR 2018/89.
- Response to ‘‘Wat wil deze advocaat-generaal?’ [What does this Advocate General want?] On a pragmatic approach to company law, a cautious review and alignment with economic reality, WPNR 2018/7189.
- De waarborgfunctie van het rechtspersonenrecht. Over de bewaarnemersrol van eerste en tweedegraadsbestuurders en hun (ogenschijnlijk) verschillende processuele positie na het arrest Le Roux Fruit Exporters [The safeguard function of the law of legal persons. On the custodial role of first- and second-tier directors and their (apparently) different procedural positions following the Le Roux Fruit Exporters judgment], MvO 2018/3-4.
- Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid in theorie. Over rechtsvorming en taal, onbehoorlijk bestuur, onrechtmatige daad en ernstig verwijt [Directors’ liability in theory. On the development of the law and legal language, improper management, tort and serious culpability], PhD thesis, Rotterdam (Institute for Corporate Law No. 108), 690 pp., Deventer: Wolters Kluwer 2017, ISBN 9789013145663.
- De schaduwzijde van de ontwikkeling in het rechtspersonenrecht [The downside of developments in the law of legal persons], WPNR 2017/7144.
- Vrijtekening, De vele gezichten van Maarten Kroeze’s ‘bange bestuurders’ [Exemption from liability: The many faces of Maarten Kroeze’s ‘fearful directors’], IVOR No. 104, 2017/para. 29.
- Bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid: Hoe iets is en hoe iets behoort te zijn [Directors’ liability: How things are and how they ought to be], Ondernemingsrecht 2016/99.
- Artikel 2:9 BW en de ernstig verwijt maatstaf bij bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid [Article 2:9 of the Dutch Civil Code and the ‘serious culpability’ test in directors’ liability], RM Themis, 2016/4, pp. 175–192.
- Externe bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid, rechtspersoonlijkheid en toerekening [External directors’ liability, legal personality and attribution], Ondernemingsrecht 2016/24.
- Metaalmoeheid na 88 jaar jurisprudentie over ‘externe’ bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid en Spaanse Villa, het is tijd voor herbezinning: laat de ernstig verwijt maatstaf los [Fatigue after 88 years of case law on ‘external’ directors’ liability and the Spanish Villa case: it is time for a rethink – abandon the ‘serious culpability’ test], Ondernemingsrecht 2015/69.
- Commentary on the ruling of the Court of Appeal at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 12 August 2014 (on external directors’ liability), JOR 2015/2.
- De Beleidsbepaler onder de loep genomen [Policymakers under the microscope], Ondernemingsrecht 2014/119.
- De verstekaanzegging in kort geding naar aanleiding van de Wet Griffierechten in Burgerlijke zaken [The notice of default in summary proceedings following the Court Fees in Civil Matters Act], TCR 2011/2, p. 72.
- Aanvulling Wet Griffierechten in Burgerlijke zaken [Supplement to the Court Fees in Civil Matters Act], Advocatenblad 2011/3.
- Commentary on the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (Enterprise Chamber) judgment of 30 May 2011 (Meavita), GJ 2011/124. Het SER-advies en de ontwikkelingen in het enquêterecht [The SER advisory report and developments in the law on inquiries], Ondernemingsrecht 2008/65.
- Kosten van een enquête geen boedelschuld [Costs of an inquiry are not a debt of the estate], V&O 2005/7 p.133.