Herman Craeninckx
Simmons & SimmonsSimmons & Simmons fields an employment team with depth of experience in redundancy projects, reorganisations, and harmonisations. It often supports large, international clients, with particular strength in the financial services, investment funds, TMT, and healthcare and life sciences sectors. Dimitri Van Uytvanck heads the practice and is particularly experienced in cross-border employment issues. Herman Craeninckx joined the team in March 2024 from Strelia, bringing longstanding experience in company restructuring.
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- 'Proactive, pragmatic, and sensible advice always given - with an eye and ear always to what the client business is seeking to achieve.'
- 'Dimitri Van Uytvanck and Jérôme De Ruyver are seriously impressive. Their ability to get to the core of the issues at pace and provide pragmatic advice makes them stand out. They are the safe pairs of hands needed when navigating issues in Belgium.'
Key clients
- Monument
- Warner Media
- Moody’s
- Indeed
- Alcon
- Sonic Healthcare
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Align Technology
- Bank of New York Mellon
- Ascend Performance Materials
- Infano
- British American Tobacco
- Straumann
- AXA XL
- GlaxoSmithKline
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Dimitri Van Uytvanck