Nancy Luyten

Practice Areas

Employment Domestic/Day to Day Advice

Employee Compensation & Benefits

Employment Litigation

International Executive Mobility

Employment Aspects of Transactions

Career

Nancy Luyten is one of the founding partners of ELL, and has over 30 years of expertise in the full range of individual and collective labour and employment law matters in a leading international business law firm. She has been ranked since 13 years as a 'Leading Employment Practitioner' in Chambers Europe and as a 'Leading Individual' by Legal 500. Nancy has also been ranked many years in Best Lawyers ®.com (best lawyers in Belgium for Labour and Employment) and selected as one of the world's leading practitioners in who's who legal (WWL Labour, Employment & Benefits).

Before joining ELL. as a founding partner, Nancy has been the Head of the Employment & Incentive Practice Group of Baker McKenzie in Belgium for many years.

Previously, Nancy has also been an (international) partner and principal with Baker Mc Kenzie for more than 20 years.

Her practice focuses on complex individual and collective labour and employment law matters, including employment policies, executive contracts, grievance and disciplinary action, termination, executive transfers, non-compete and restrictive covenants, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, collective - lay off, closing of enterprise, employee relations, social disputes and industrial actions, union matters, executive compensation, (harmonization of) employment terms and conditions, corporate governance and employment litigations.

Next to her law practice, Nancy Luyten has an academic appointment as Practitioner Assistant at the Institute of Labour Law (KU Leuven) since 1994, where she teaches practical sessions and litigation skills in employment disputes to Master law students.

Her experience includes appointments as a mediator in Social Affairs.

Nancy Luyten is a member of the Brussels bar since 1992.

Other Professional affiliations included the HR Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and the Federal Mediation Commission (since 2017).

Professional Memberships

Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten) (1992)

Federal Commission of Mediators (FBC)

Practitioner Assistant at the Institute for Labour Law – KU Leuven (since 1994)

HR Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (AMCHAM)

Association of Belgian Labour Law Practitioners (VPJSR)

Personal

“Nancy provides very strong support and understanding of our business, clear communication, great availability and a pragmatic approach. She is a real expert and invests in long-term cooperation and shows strong engagement and commitment. Her work is always of great quality. Nancy is not afraid to look down the road, see problems around the bend and provide solutions. She is dynamic and will look at a problem holistically, giving you answers that let you run your business without coming back to her again and again." (Chambers Europe, 2024)

• “Stellar” Practice Head Nancy Luyten (legal 500, 2023). Nancy Luyten understands the context in which clients operate and is able to fit her input in their way of working. Het advice is always very clear and explained, and she is quickly reachable. (Chambers Europe, 2023)

• Nancy Luyten is a first-rate counsel. She is responsive, strategic, insightful, personable and collegial. It is always a pleasure to work with her because she treats clients as partners in the problem-solving process. She is a trusted advisor, with stellar judgment and expertise in both substantive and procedural areas of law. These qualities make her highly skilled at handling sensitive personnel matters and matters that are complex in nature. I highly recommend her as an advocate and as adviser. (Legal 500, 2022)

• Nancy Luyten is a “very technical lawyer” who is “very nice to work with”. (Chambers Europe, 2022)

• Nancy Luyten has “very strong analytical skills, great client relationship skills”. (Chambers Europe 2021)