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5

Band 5

Employment

Belgium

11 Years Ranked

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Provided by Sven Demeulemeester

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Practice Areas

Sven has extensive experience advising corporate clients about the transfer of businesses, outsourcing and co-sourcing projects and employment issues related to the sale or purchase of businesses or parts of businesses.

Sven regularly advises on and co-ordinates the procedure for collective dismissals or closures of companies or their divisions and acts for a wide variety of clients regarding the day-to-day issues involved in individual and collective labour and social security law.

In addition, Sven has extensive experience in sport litigation and arbitration and is recognised by legal directories as a leading practitioner in sports law, topic on which he regularly speaks and writes.

Professional Memberships

Sven is a member of: the European Employment Lawyers Association, the ‘Vereniging Sociaal Recht’, the Belgian Pension Lawyers Association (BEPLA), the ‘Association Internationale des Avocats du Football’ and the International Association of Young Lawyers.

Publications

- “The Kristofferson ruling: the EFTA targets athlete endorsement deals” , Asser 2018 (with N. Verborgh)

- “The legality of fixed-term employment contracts in European professional football – The Müller case and beyond, Law In Sport, 2016

- FIFA's new Regulations on Working with intermediaries. National Implementations – Belgium – Football Legal 2015, 82-83. (with G. Ernes).

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Employment - Belgium

5
Band 5
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Sven Demeulemeester handles both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. He represents clients in individual termination cases as well as advising on contractual agreements and bonus schemes. Many of his clients hail from the sports sector.

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Sven Demeulemeester
Willem-Alexander Devlies
Daan Buylaert
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Sven Demeulemeester, Willem-Alexander Devlies, Daan Buylaert
Article • Mar 2025
Global Practice Guide
Sven Demeulemeester
Daan Buylaert
Willem-Alexander Devlies
Authored by
Sven Demeulemeester, Daan Buylaert, Willem-Alexander Devlies
Article • Mar 2025

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