Lauded for its ‘extremely innovative and client-focused thinking’, the employment team at Clifford Chance specialises in strategic and business-critical matters for both domestic and international clients, often in highly regulated sectors. Its areas of expertise include large-scale restructurings and downsizings, industrial relations, and cross-border matters. Collective downsizings and outsourcing transactions are key elements of team head Gert Cuppens’ practice, which also covers the hiring and dismissal of senior executives, pensions, and employee benefits.
Testimonials
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‘Extremely talented, responsive and knowledgeable.’
‘All of them are great, everyone excels.’
‘Competent and complementary team.’
‘Professional approach, next level legal knowledge.’
‘Extremely innovative and client-focused thinking, fully understanding and exploring the business aspects of the assignment.'
'Friendly and knowledgeable coordination of other jurisdictions and valuable input to foreign legal scenarios.’
‘Gert Cuppens is not only an excellent and smart lawyer but also a pleasant person to work with. ’
‘There's a sound level of realism and risk management included in the advice and the discussions around it.’
Key clients
- Accor Invest
- Deliverect
- Credit Agricole Indosuez
- Solvay
- AXA
- QNTM
- Eurofiber
- Liberty Steel Group
- EQT
- CVC Belgium
- Software AG
- EPCO
- Azelis
- Zoetis Belgium
- Total Energies
- Schroders
- Fero Group
Work highlights
- Advised Accor Invest on a complex employee transfer involving more than 50% of its Belgian personnel (spread over 10 hotels) to Covivio Hotels.
- Acting as Deliverect's exclusive employment counsel, whereby we are assisting Deliverect with all their strategic employment matters and are also coordinating such assistance for all other 11 jurisdictions where Deliverect is currently active.
- Advised Credit Agricole Indosuez on the integration of their Belgian work force into Bank Degroof Petercam.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gert Cuppens