Gert-Jan Boon LL.M. MSc is a researcher and lecturer at Leiden Law School's departments of Company Law and Financial Law and Business Studies. Prior to this, he completed his master's degree in Marketing (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Corporate Law (Leiden University). He conducts research in the field of turnaround, rescue and insolvency among financially distressed businesses. His research has a strong European and international nature. For his thesis, Gert-Jan is researching the Debtor-in-Possession in restructuring of distressed businesses.