Baker McKenzie

Employment

Partner

Mirjam de Blécourt has been repeatedly recognized by top legal directories as one of the leading labor and employment lawyers in Europe and the Netherlands. She leads Baker McKenzie’s Amsterdam Employment and Pensions Law practice group and is member of the Firm's European Employment Group Steering Committee. Furthermore Mirjam is a former board member of Baker McKenzie's Amsterdam office.

Mirjam has always been very active in the diversity and inclusion sphere, both outside and inside Baker McKenzie. She currently serves as chair of the supervisory board for Rutgers (international centre of expertise on (women’s) health and rights). Additionally she serves as senator of VVD (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) in the Dutch Senate. Mirjam joined Baker McKenzie in 1990 and has been a partner since 1999.

Mirjam is admitted as a lawyer focusing on labor and employment law. She advises the boards of multinationals on labor law issues in the broadest sense of the word. Mirjam is involved in large-scale collective redundancies and advises on requests for advice from works councils and the harmonization and integration of employment benefits packages in the context of mergers and acquisitions. She also litigates on social plans, large-scale redundancies and on the dismissal of members of Boards of Management and Supervisory Directors as a result of, for example, a reorganization.

In addition, Mirjam advises on complex corporate governance issues. She has extensive experience as a boardroom counselor and advises directors and supervisors on strategic issues in relation to works councils and trade unions. She is the name giver and founder of a collective redundancy system called the "De Blécourt Method."

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