Mr.
Mr. M. van Eekelen-Atema Miranda Attorney
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Miranda van Eekelen-Atema has been with Wijn & Stael since 2024. She specializes in commercial litigation and has a wealth of experience in insolvency matters and the liability issues that arise from them.

Empathetic Attorney with a Passion for Numbers
Miranda thrives on complex cases with a strong financial or business-economic component. She enjoys working with numbers and has extensive knowledge of business economics and financial reporting. She believes in taking the burden of legal concerns off her clients' shoulders: “I get a kick out of developing and implementing strategies that best serve my clients’ interests. I always keep the goal in sight as I look for the best and most efficient solutions.”

Trained and Experienced in Economics and Law
Miranda has degrees in both business economics and law, and regularly publishes articles on bankruptcy trustees and public interests. She also worked for several years as a commercial litigation and dispute resolution attorney at a large, international law firm.

Professional Activities & Memberships

  • Coordinating editor of ‘Tijdschrift voor Jaarrekeningenrecht’ (a Dutch journal on financial reporting law)
  • Member, JIRA - Association for Young Insolvency Lawyers
  • Member, VJP - Association of Young Litigation Lawyers
  • Member, Legal Committee of Leasing Netherlands

Academic Background

  • Private Law, LL.M., summa cum laude, 2021, Erasmus University
  • Bachelor of Law, 2020, Erasmus University
  • Post-Bachelor Financial Controller, 2004, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
  • Finance & Control, BSc, 2002, HAN University of Applied Sciences 

Cases

  • Provided legal assistance to former directors and supervisory board members of insolvent companies in integrity and lawfulness investigations initiated by insolvency trustees.
  • Acted as counsel for directors in directors' and officers' liability proceedings.
  • Advised and represented creditors in matters concerning the insolvency of their debtors.
  • Advised and represented financial institutions in contractual disputes and liability claims.
    Represented professional practitioners in disciplinary proceedings.
  • Provided legal advice to a major Dutch accountancy firm in connection with a corporate contractual dispute.
  • Assisted the supervisory board of a leading accountancy firm in a merger process.

Bar register of legal practice areas
Miranda 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, she 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.