DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Van Doorne

Employment

2 ranked lawyers

Band 3

Netherlands

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What the team is known for

Well-regarded national practice with expertise in transactional employment mandates, acting on matters arising from acquisitions and reorganisations, as well as the employment aspects of establishing a business in the Netherlands. Noted for experience in negotiations with works councils and unions, collective labour agreements and outsourcing mandates. Advises clients on whistle-blowing. Acts for an impressive client list consisting of industry-wide pension funds and employers on pension mandates.

Strengths

Clients acknowledge the department for its overview, one reporting that it "always looks at the bigger picture."

Another says that the practice's "flexibility and availability is optimal."

Work highlights

Advised Mediq on the negotiations with unions and the works council concerning the restructuring of various sets of employment terms and conditions.

Notable practitioners

Els de Wind advises a clientele spanning healthcare, chemicals, and food and beverages on collective labour agreements, outsourcing agreements and establishing businesses in the Netherlands. Her results-oriented approach is relished by one client, who reports that "she knew what she was talking about and she had a solution."

Marjolijn Lips moves up in the rankings this year following glowing client praise. Her meticulousness is particularly commended by clients, one describing her as "very diligent, efficient and thorough." Her caseload encompasses departures of senior managers, outsourcing matters and the employment aspects of M&A transactions.

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Overview

Our multidisciplinary Employment & Pension team is highly experienced and famed for its expertise in national and cross-border employment and pension law. Van Doorne has a long tradition with this practice.

Individual and group employment and pension law

We advise and litigate in the entire field of individual and group employment and pension law. Among other things, this includes recruitment and dismissal, flexible employment, collective agreements and pension issues but also reorganisations, corporate transitions, outsourcing, privacy and the adjustment and harmonisation of terms and conditions of employment. We also offer advice in the field of employment law when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, and competition.

Full-service network

We advise Dutch and foreign businesses, non-profit organisations and public and semi-public institutions. Our full-service practice offers access to our network of experienced lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax consultants who specialise in neighbouring legal fields.

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