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BarentsKrans

Employment

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The employment team is well known and highly appreciated by clients and peers. For over 25 years, the team has consistently operated in the top of the Dutch employment law market. The team specialises in highly contentious, litigated employment matters, particularly at the Appeals and Supreme Court levels and is known for its highly regarded restructuring practice. Clients include e.g. ABN AMRO Bank, Canon and Deliveroo.

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Employment - Netherlands

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

BarentsKrans offers a strong employment law team noted for its expertise in Supreme Court litigation, where it primarily represents employers in disputes regarding employment status, dismissals and transfers of undertakings. The law firm has experience in standout cases relating to the employment law protection of workers from different EU states posted to the Netherlands. Team members are well equipped to handle equal treatment disputes and collective bargaining agreements. Clients include significant players in the transport, energy and technology industries.

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Work Highlights

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  • BarentsKrans represented ABN AMRO in a case concerning bonus claw-backs.

Strengths

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  • The lawyers at BarentsKrans have thorough, expert knowledge and experience, and they pay attention to our interests.

    Employment respondentEurope

  • The team's support is well structured, pragmatic and focused on providing a workable solution for the client. The lawyers possess broad and international experience in employment matters.

    Employment respondentEurope

  • All the lawyers I have worked with at BarentsKrans have been very good.

    Employment respondentEurope

  • BarentsKrans is highly skilled and gives very useful advice, no matter the complexity of the cases.

    Employment respondentEurope

  • BarentsKrans' employment lawyers are outstanding subject matter experts in our field. There is always an almost immediate response from the team.

    Employment respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Homme ten Have
    Homme ten Have

    Homme ten Have

    Homme ten Have has considerable experience acting for works councils and professional services firms on negotiations, transactional support and executive departures.

    • Homme ten Have is very experienced, knowledgeable and trustworthy with his advice. He is also a very good sparring partner.

      Employment respondentEurope
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  • Laurens de Graaf
    Laurens de Graaf

    Laurens de Graaf

    Laurens de Graaf often represents clients in litigious mandates relating to mass redundancies and restructurings, as well as in works council consultations.

    • Laurens de Graaf provides absolutely fantastic client service. There is never a situation that is impossible for him to solve.

      Employment respondentEurope

    • Laurens provides a very high-quality level of advice and support. He also responds and follows up quickly.

      Employment respondentEurope

    • Laurens de Graaf is highly skilled and experienced in a broad range of topics.

      Employment respondentEurope

    • Laurens is a good listener who quickly gets to the core of the matter to come up with well-tailored advice.

      Employment respondentEurope

    • Laurens de Graaf is practical, commercial, always available and really clear.

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