About Romy Smit

Romy specialises in corporate and commercial litigation, with a strong focus on shareholder disputes. She assists clients in inquiry proceedings and proceedings under the dispute resolution rules (requests for withdrawal or expulsion) before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. In addition, Romy frequently litigates transaction-related disputes and directors' liability issues. In this context, she has extensive knowledge of attachment and enforcement law. She has experience in imposing various types of attachments, conducting preliminary relief proceedings to lift attachments and enforcement proceedings.

Romy is a persistent attorney-at-law; she always wants to achieve the best possible result. She is not only strong in terms of content and procedure, but also practical when it comes to resolving disputes. Romy is not only businesslike, but also friendly and committed, according to her clients.

In addition to her work for AKD, Romy regularly publishes articles in the (online) journal Jurisprudentie in Nederland (JIN) and COBE.

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Education
  • Grotius post-graduate course: Corporate law (cum laude)
  • University of Amsterdam: Master of Laws, Corporate law - commercial law practice
  • University of Amsterdam: Bachelor of Laws
Admitted to bar
  • The Netherlands 
Legal practice areas the Netherlands Bar’s register

Romy Smit has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

 

  • Civil procedural law

 

Based on this registration, Romy is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

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Can you prevent pre-judgment garnishment by receiver of D&O insurance?

17 Oct 2017 | Publication

Directors and supervisory board members of public and private companies are increasingly being sued by receivers in bankruptcies.