Mr. Dave BECK

Expertise and professional education

Dave Beck is a member of the Company Law and Insolvency Practice Groups and has extensive experience in both these fields. In 2007, he completed a postgraduate course in insolvency law for liquidators. Dave is regularly appointed to act as a liquidator and assists banks and other companies in preparing for and dealing with processes of insolvency and/or restructuring.

Dave completed a postgraduate Grotius course in finance and collateral in 2010, passing the final examination with distinction. In recent years, Dave has specialised in investments, takeovers, complex finance packages and the creation and enforcement of collateral. Dave also regularly represents both clients and liquidators in legal proceedings on matters concerning insolvency law and company law. Dave’s clients are investors, companies (including a number of large corporate clients) and suppliers of informal capital.

Given his particular interest in the wine & spirits industry, Dave represents organisations offering various types of gastronomic services and is a respected jury member in gastronomic contests.

Education: * Business administration and management * University degree in Dutch law * Course in insolvency law for liquidators * Grotius course in finance & collateral (passed with distinction)

Netherlands Bar Association register of fields of law: Dave Beck has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas:

* Company law: Directors’ liability Mergers and acquisitions Companies Clubs, associations and foundations In accordance with the requirements laid down by the Netherlands Bar Association, he is obliged by virtue of this registration to obtain ten CPD points every calender year in each registered principal legal practice area.