BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026

Each year, BUREN awards the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law in partnership with Celsus Juridische Uitgeverij, recognising the best LLM dissertation in the field of insolvency law. The prize is aimed at law students who have written an outstanding dissertation and wish to develop further within this specialist area of law.

The judging panel
The judging panel for the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026 comprises:

• Prof. mr. H. Koster, professor of Company Law at Leiden University
• Mr. dr. H.J. de Kloe, assistant professor of Insolvency Law and Company Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Mr. M.J.H. Vermeeren, partner and lawyer at BUREN

Do you meet the eligibility criteria?
Are you eligible for the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026? Check whether you:

• have completed an LLM dissertation at a Dutch university;
• have written your dissertation in the field of insolvency law and received a mark of 8 out of 10 or higher;
• had your dissertation assessed after 27 September 2025 and before 26 September 2026;
• wrote your dissertation in Dutch or English.

If you meet all the criteria, submit your dissertation for the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026!

Submission deadline: Friday 25 September 2026 at 23:59.

What can you win?
The winner of the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026 will receive:

• A cash prize of €1,000;
• The opportunity to do an internship at the Restructuring & Insolvency practice group at BUREN;
• Publication of the winning dissertation as a book by Celsus Juridische Uitgeverij. The author will receive five copies.

How to enter
Please submit your anonymised dissertation (with no reference to the author, university or supervisor), together with the completed and signed application form, to:

[email protected]

FAO mr. drs. Ruud Brunninkhuis (secretary of the judging panel)

The terms and conditions and the application form can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Award ceremony
The award ceremony for the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026 is scheduled to take place on Thursday 19 November 2026 in the late afternoon (subject to change). Further details will be announced in due course.

About BUREN
BUREN is a dynamic firm of lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers working closely together in multidisciplinary teams. The firm has more than 130 professionals and offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, The Hague, Luxembourg and Shanghai. In addition, BUREN operates specialist foreign desks for China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan and Spain/Latin America, serving its domestic and international clients.

BUREN advises leading national and international companies, institutions and investment funds, ranks among the top mid-sized law firms in the Netherlands, and maintains an extensive network of foreign law firms.

About Celsus Juridische Uitgeverij
Celsus Juridische Uitgeverij is a full-service editorial and publishing house for the legal profession, specialising in the editing, design, production, printing and publication of legal works: from monographs and doctoral theses to conference volumes, journal articles and LLM dissertations.

Downloads
The terms and conditions and application form for the BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026 are available below:

Terms & Conditions | BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026

Application form | BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law 2026

The BUREN Thesis Prize for Insolvency Law is awarded annually and is open to law students from all Dutch universities. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].