Fieldfisher

Employment

Stefan is the Head of Employment practice.

Stefan is a leading expert in employment, social security and business migration matters with over 29 years' experience advising major international and domestic clients. He heads the Belgian employment law practice and is also coordinating Fieldfisher's International Employment Law Practice.

His practice is primarily specialised in assisting companies and C-level individuals in complex and strategically important HR-Law related questions. He acts for both European and global organisations and SMEs. He has a particular expertise in individual and collective labour and employment law matters, including employment contracts, employment terminations, international mobility (international social security and business migration). Stefan is also experienced in advising on-compete and restrictive covenants, privacy on the work floor, employee/self-employed status, flexibility in work conditions, employment issues in the context of M&A (e.g. TUPE), collective lay off and closing of companies, social disputes and industrial actions with unions, executive compensation, assistance of companies with audits/disputes with the government and employment litigation.

As a professor employment law at the University College of Brussels (Odisee/KUL), a co-editor of a Legal Journal by Kluwer and a regular guest lecturer on employment law issues (ERA, ABA, Kluwer International, IBA, etc…), he combines his extensive knowledge and his unique experience with a distinct pragmatic approach.

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