Louis Reijtenbagh

Louis Reijtenbagh
BornJuly 18, 1946
Den Ham
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), Radboud Un.: Notable alumni
Occupation(s)Founder and chief executive officer of The Plaza Group

Louis Reijtenbagh (born July 18, 1946) is a Dutch businessman and investor, as well as a retired general practitioner.[1][2] He is the founder and chief executive officer of The Plaza Group (“Plaza”), a family office exclusively formed to manage the capital of its founder and his direct family members.[3]

Early life and career

Reijtenbagh was born in Den Ham, Overijssel.[4] He graduated from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, formerly Catholic University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), in 1975 with a degree in general medicine.[5][6] Reijtenbagh was awarded a scholarship under the Fulbright Program to study cardiology at Northwestern University in Chicago. During his studies Reijtenbagh voluntarily worked for the Acworth Leprosy Hospital in Mumbai. Reijtenbagh ran a general care practice in Almelo, Overijssel, from 1975 until 1990.[5]

Reijtenbagh has always had an interest in the financial markets. From his days as a student he has been actively involved and his investments have primarily focused on global macro and discretionary long/short investing. He founded Plaza in 1985 in the Netherlands to invest across various asset classes.[1] Reijtenbagh manages all activities since 1995 from Plaza's headquarters in Monaco.[7][8]

His name was included on a proxy card for Big Sky Energy which had interests on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan through a stake held in KoZhan, which is a petroleum firm developing the Morskoye, Karatal, Dauletally fields in the Atyrau Region, by the subsidiary Big Sky Energy Kazakhstan until Kazakhstan government ruled against Big Sky Energy and for the interests of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), which has been restructured within the Kazakh Trio Alexander Mashkevich, Patokh Chodiev and Alijan Ibragimov controlled Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) which controlled KoZhan from 2010 to 2015 but is now controlled by the Chen Huanlong associated Chinese firm Geo-Jade Petroleum Corporation.[5][9]

Personal life

Reijtenbagh moved from the Netherlands to Monaco in 1995.[4] He is married and has two sons.[10][11]

Art Collector

Reijtenbagh is an avid art collector whose collection includes and has included works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Kees van Dongen, Giorgio de Chirico, Edgar Degas and Pierre Bonnard, among others.[12][13] In September 2008, Reijtenbagh sold a famous work of art - Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde’s “The bend in the Herengracht” - to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for an undisclosed sum.[14] The work has been displayed in a loan exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[14]

  • Rembrandt in Reijtenbagh's collection
    Rembrandt in Reijtenbagh's collection
  • Berckheyde formerly in Reijtenbagh's collection
    Berckheyde formerly in Reijtenbagh's collection

Controversy

In March 2009, Credit Suisse’s Strategic Partners investment advisory group sued Reijtenbagh for breach of a credit agreement, alleging amongst others fraudulent misrepresentation and improper transfer of assets by Reijtenbagh and others.[15][16] Reijtenbagh and Credit Suisse Strategic Partners settled the matter two months later in May 2009.[15]

In April 2009, JPMorgan Chase sued Reijtenbagh alleging Reijtenbagh defaulted on his obligations under a credit agreement as a result of the lawsuit filed by Credit Suisse Strategic Partners. The litigation was based on a material adverse change (MAC) in circumstances.[17] Reijtenbagh reached a settlement with JP Morgan Chase in September 2009.[18][19][20]

In October 2018, the Court of Antwerp approved a settlement between Reijtenbagh and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Antwerp (Belgium). The settlement is a legislated arrangement that provides a final and complete resolution of the dispute that concerned domicile-related tax and ancillary issues which allegedly occurred over a decade ago. The settlement did not constitute any conviction, nor any finding or admission of guilt, wrongdoing or misconduct whatsoever. Under the approved settlement, the Public Prosecutor's Office has discontinued the entire prosecution and dismissed all charges with prejudice. Accordingly, Reijtenbagh has been cleared of all charges and allegations.

References

  1. ^ a b Nathan Vardi (March 25, 2009). "Credit Suisse Says Investor Stole Hundreds Of Millions From Funds Unit". Forbes.
  2. ^ Andrew Main (September 15, 2010). "Jodee Rich calls off case against Packer, Murdoch". The Australian.
  3. ^ Andrew Main (November 13, 2014). "One.Tel payout set to hit $50m". The Australian.
  4. ^ a b "Schedule 13G Activision, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. May 13, 1999.
  5. ^ a b c "Big Sky Energy Corporation". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. November 23, 2005.
  6. ^ Willem Hooglugt (February 2, 2012). "From Catholic University Nijmegen to Radboud University Nijmegen" (PDF). Radboud University Nijmegen.
  7. ^ "Temporary Form D Grand Prix Associates Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. November 20, 2008.
  8. ^ "Plaza". The Plaza Group. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  9. ^ "ENRC trio and KNB win against US oil company: Kazakhstan's recent victory over Big Sky Energy at the ICSID has brought to an end years of investigation involving both the founders of ENRC and the country's intelligence service". Intelligence Online. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  10. ^ Eileen Kinsella (May 12, 2009). "Disputed Berckheyde Painting Returned to Rijksmuseum". ARTnews.
  11. ^ Nathan Vardi (May 7, 2009). "Dr. Debt". Forbes.
  12. ^ Martha Graybow (April 3, 2009). "JPMorgan sues Dutch investor Reijtenbagh over loan". Reuters.
  13. ^ Lindsay Pollock and Scott Reyburn (October 21, 2009). "Financier to Auction $40 Million Paintings: Art Buzz". Bloomberg News.
  14. ^ a b Didier Rykner (May 29, 2009). "A view of Amsterdam by Gerrit Berckheyde acquired by the Rijksmuseum". The Art Tribune.
  15. ^ a b Martijn van der Starre and Patricia Hurtado (May 4, 2009). "Credit Suisse, Reijtenbagh Settle Loan-Fraud Lawsuit". Bloomberg News.
  16. ^ Patricia Hurtado (May 26, 2009). "Credit Suisse Wins Freeze of Reijtenbagh's Assets". Bloomberg News.
  17. ^ Martha Graybow (April 3, 2009). "JPMorgan sues Dutch investor Reijtenbagh over loan". Reuters.
  18. ^ Reed Stevenson (September 28, 2009). "JPMorgan drops claims to Reijtenbagh art -report". Reuters.
  19. ^ Martijn van der Starre (September 28, 2009). "Reijtenbaghs, JPMorgan Settle Lawsuit Over Loan Default, Art". Bloomberg News.
  20. ^ Michael West, Dutchman set for record profit from a legal action, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 November 2012.
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