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Hüseyin Şimşek

Senior Associate
Amsterdam
About

Hüseyin Şimşek acts for leading national and international banks and other financial institutions on high-stake, complex and contentious issues in the area of financing, securities, financial recovery and insolvency. 

Hüseyin advises and litigates on subjects such as entering into and terminating facility agreements, the establishment and enforcement of security rights, prejudgment attachments, insolvency issues, banks’ duty of care, funds transfer, asset tracing, fraud and directors’ liability.

In addition, Hüseyin has a strong focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency. He is representing and advising national- and international crypto companies on the topics of contractual duty of care, investment scams, crypto (loan) recovery and commercial disputes.   

 
Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsFinancial Services
Professional QualificationsAdvocaat admitted with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten

EXPERIENCE

  • Assisting a US credit fund in the restructuring of its EUR 100 million plus financing in a Dutch Scheme of Arrangements (WHOA).
  • Representing bondholders in court proceedings in their investigations and recovery of EUR 75 million subscriptions in fraudulent bonds in the oil and gas sector.
  • Representing a Real Estate development company in summary proceedings in its claim for performance of a EUR 60 million sale and purchase agreement of plots of lands.
  • Defending a Real Estate investment firm in proceedings on the merits regarding a post-closing claim of a EUR 45 million sale and purchase agreement of real estate.
  • Defending an international crypto exchange company against multiple claims from customers who became victim of investment scams conducted by third-party fraudsters.
  • Representing ING in several proceedings, including insolvency proceedings and summary proceedings concerning the termination of a banking relationship.
  • Representing Liberty Mutual as guarantor in a summary proceeding against the contractor's request to refuse a withdrawal of a bank guarantee by the beneficiary.
  • Completed a secondment at ING; assisted ING in disputes with clients concerning the termination of banking relationships.
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Turkish
Education
  • Grotius Financiering & Zekerheden
  • VU University Amsterdam, Masters of Laws (Tax Law), 2017
  • University of California Hastings College of the Law, several LL.M. modules in Business Law, 2016
  • Leiden University, Masters of Laws (Corporate Law), 2015


    VU University Amsterdam, Bachelor of Laws, 2014

Connect

Phone

+31 (0) 20 5419 347
(Work, Amsterdam)
+31 (0) 6 2917 2389
(Work)
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