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Niels van Gelder

Niels van Gelder

Heussen, Netherlands

Work Department

Employment Law.

Position

Niels is a partner in the employment law practice. He advises both national and international clients on various employment law matters, with a particular emphasis on individual and collective dismissals, reorganisations and post deal harmonisation of employment conditions, cross-border employment and employee participation issues (works councils). Niels co-heads HEUSSEN’s Japan Desk.

Career

Partner at HEUSSEN since 2005. Previously Niels worked at Trenité van Doorne, De Vos & Partners, Landwell (the corresponding law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which merged with Van Doorne), and Van Doorne.

Languages

Dutch and English.

Memberships

Member of The Amsterdam Bar, member of the Association of Employment Lawyers Amsterdam (VAAA) and the Association for Employment Law (VAA).

Education

Niels graduated in Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam (Master in Law) in 1990. Subsequently, Niels studied at Cambridge University (LL.M.).