Jan Adriaanse is professor of turnaround management at the Leiden Law School. Jan Adriaanse is engaged in research projects in the interdisciplinary field of financial distress, turnaround management and insolvency law. He is an author on these subjects and a regular speaker at international conferences.

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Jan Adriaanse is professor of turnaround management at the Leiden Law School and Academic Director of the Institute of Tax Law and Economics. He is interim vice-dean of education for the faculty. 

He is engaged in research projects in the interdisciplinary field of financial distress, turnaround management and insolvency law. He is an author on these subjects and a regular speaker at international conferences.  

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration, Nyenrode University

• Master of Law, Leiden University

• PhD: “”,  Leiden University, 2005

• Entrepreneurship Colloquium, Harvard Business School, 2007 

Courses

• Turnaround management and Bankruptcy Law

• Introduction to Law & Business

Research Interests

Jan Adriaanse focuses on the following subjects:  

• Causes of corporate decline;
• Success and failure factors of corporate turnarounds; 
• Stakeholder behavior in turnaround situations;
• The rescue culture: do we really need bankruptcy law? 
• Big data related to business failure He is also active as a practical teacher at INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course and is affiliated with the Dutch Turnaround Association. He is also partner at BFI in Amsterdam

Publications