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Kennedy Van der Laan Offices
MOLENWERF 16
1014 BG
P.O. Box 58188, 1040HD
Netherlands
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Ms Soo-Ja Schijf
Work Department
Labour & Employment Group
Position
Partner
Career
Soo-Ja Schijf is Partner in the Labour and Employment practice group, where she heads the Employment team.
Soo-Ja has many years of experience in advising multinational companies on a wide range of employment and employee participation matters. Her expertise includes reorganisations, collective and individual dismissals, outsourcing, transfer of undertaking, negotiations with works councils and trade unions, and (cross-border) secondments.
She also advises regularly on (sensitive) matters, such as the appointment and termination of board directors, non-competition disputes, and the role of ESG in the employment relationship, for example in relation to diversity and inclusion.
Soo-Ja has an international track record and regularly speaks at international conferences. She also gives trainings on new employment law developments to in-house counsels, HR teams and attorneys.
Languages
Dutch, English
Memberships
Member of the Diversity and Equality Law Committee
Member of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Member of the Dutch Association for Employment Law (VvA)
Education
Soo-Ja studied law at the University of Victoria in British Colombia (Canada) and at Utrecht University.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Employment
(Leading partners)The labour and employment team at Kennedy Van der Laan centres its practice on advising clients in the technology and financial sectors on a range of matters, including restructuring and reorganisation projects, privacy issues and co-governance law. The client base includes large international technology companies, financial institutions and works councils. The group is also recognised for its strength in representing healthcare institutions in remuneration matters. Ester Damen acts for works councils and employers, and has niche expertise in advising on unethical workplace behaviour; she co-heads the practice with Chris Nekeman, who is well versed in advising on employee participation law, and Soo-Ja Schijf, who focuses on outsourcing, reorganisations and collective and individual dismissals work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: retail
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights