Maryam Malakotipour

Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T:+31 (20) 4629481
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T:+31 (20) 4629481
Maryam Malakotipour

Maryam Malakotipour

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Maryam Malakotipour is a banking and finance lawyer based in Amsterdam. 

Maryam focuses on banking transactions and corporate restructuring. Maryam primarily advises banks, other financial institutions and corporates on domestic and cross-border transactions including asset-based lending, project finance and acquisition finance. She also advises lenders, lender-groups and distressed companies in corporate restructurings.

Maryam holds a doctorate degree (PhD) from the University of Amsterdam. Her PhD dissertation delves into the effects of legal reforms in insolvency law and banking regulations on corporates' access to debt financing and financial stability. She has a strong command of the Basel Framework, the EU Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and insolvency rules in the Netherlands, Germany, and the US. 

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PhD, The Effects of Secured Credit on Access to Debt Financing and Financial Stability,  Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, University of Amsterdam 

LLM, Law and Finance (cum laude), University of Amsterdam 

LLB, International and European Law (cum laude; honours college), University of Groningen

  • Silver Medal Winner at the International Insolvency Institute (2022) 
  • Best paper of the year prize at Bocconi-Oxford Junior Scholars Network Workshop in Corporate Law (2022) 
  • 2nd prize winner at Stichting Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection PhD Workshop (2021)

Maryam Malakotipour et al, "Dealing with Different Creditor Stakeholder Groups" (2023) 32 (3) 
in Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 

Maryam Malakotipour, "Reorganization: A System of All for One?" (2022) 31 (5) Norton Journal of 
Bankruptcy Law and Practice 590

Maryam Malakotipour, "The Chilling Effect of Indirect Expropriations Provisions on States' Public Policies: A Call for a Legislative Response" (2020) 22 (2) International Community Law Review 235 

Maryam Malakotipour, Enrico Perotti and Rolef de Weijs, "Unfair and Unstable: EU Bankruptcy Reform Requires More Scrutiny" (2020) CEPR and World Economic Forum

Rolef de Weijs, Aart Jonkers and Maryam Malakotipour, "The Imminent Distortion of European Insolvency Law: How the European Union Erodes the Basic Fabric of Private Law by Allowing 'Relative Priority' (RPR)" (2019) 125 (4) Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht 477

  • International Insolvency Institute (III) NextGen Annual Conference (Amsterdam, June 2023),  "Dealing with Different Creditor Stakeholder Groups"
  • 3rd Women in Law & Finance Workshop (Frankfurt, February 2023), "Economic Consequences of Strengthening Legal Rights of Secured Creditors"
  • NVRII (Rotterdam, 2022), "Opening the Black Box: Company Valuation en Waarde-Allocatie in Distress"
  • Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative Conference (Singapore, 2022),"Reorganization: A System of All for One?"
  • 4th Law and Economic Policy International Workshop (Paris, 2019) , "The Imminent Distortion of European Insolvency Law: How the European Union Erodes the Basic Fabric of Private Law by Allowing 'Relative Priority' (RPR)
  • Member of the International Insolvency Law NexGen Leadership Program's (Class XI)
  • Member of the Younger Academics Network of Insolvenbcy Law (YANIL) 
  • English
  • Persian

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