Lexence

Employment law

Partner Employment

Esther van der Meulen specialises in dismissal, working conditions and collective bargaining agreement issues. Based on her police background, she also handles integrity issues and transgressive behaviour in the workplace.

Esther has a no-nonsense mentality, is heavily involved with her clients and works result-oriented.

Esther has been a partner at Lexence since 2019. Prior to Lexence, she worked for Van Doorne, Deloitte and the National Police Force. Esther received a master’s degree in civil private law in 2003 and completed both professional training for in-house lawyers (NGB) and for the legal profession. She also received her master’s degree in criminal investigation at the Police Academy. In 2016 she completed the employment law specialisation course at the Grotius Academy. Esther is a member of the Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland (Dutch Employment Lawyers Association).

In addition to her work as an attorney, Esther is the chairperson of the Childcare CLA Compliance Committee.

Dutch, English

Esther is a member of the Vereniging Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Nederland (Dutch Employment Lawyers Association). She is part of the Lexence privacy team. She has drawn up privacy policies for various organizations. Esther advises clients in all areas of privacy law, such as privacy statements, data breaches, data processing agreements, processing registers, DPIAs and retention periods. She regularly teaches workshops for clients to increase their motivation to act in accordance with GDPR.

Esther has been with Lexence since 2017. Previously she worked for, among others, the National Police Force and Deloitte. She studied law at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen where she received a master’s degree in civil law in 2003. Esther later received the Master of Criminal Investigation degree from the Politieacademie (Police Academy) and completed the postgraduate specialization course in employment law at Grotius Academie. She was admitted to the Dutch Bar in 2007.