Rutgers & Posch is known for its expertise in assisting works councils and Dutch companies with a range of employment law issues, including reorganisations, benefits and corporate-related employment matters. The practice is jointly led by Tijmen Noordoven, Inge de Laat, who is very experienced in advising on the dismissal of managing directors and other high-level management, and Dirk Jan Rutgers, who is well versed in assisting with co-determination matters.
Testimonials
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‘Always able to contact someone about matters. The team treat everyone equally.'
‘The response of the team is very fast and products are generated as soon as possible.’
‘Deep employment expertise. Highly experienced and commercial partners.'
‘Dirk Jan Rutgers, Annemeijne Zwager, Inge de Laat - all highly experienced, reliable and responsive.'
‘The entire team is service oriented and great to work with; it knows the market and is able to provide good advice on short notice. ’
‘Dirk Jan Rutgers, Tjmen Nordoven and Inge de Laat are excellent lawyers with great response times and dedication, who are very pleasant to work with. ’
‘Deep professional employment law related expertise, combined with personal approach and a hands-on mentality.’
‘Very responsive, connects on a personal level with strong comradery.’
Key clients
- Works Council Centric
- Schoeller Allibert
- Works Council Fox-IT
- Euronext Amsterdam NV
- Armada Music
- uniQure
- Royal IHC
- AEB Amsterdam
- TMF Group
- Amazon
- Media Markt Saturn Holding
- FD Mediagroep
- Zorg van de Zaak
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel to the Centric works council on discussions with the board regarding termination and appointment of executives.
- Advised the company, shareholders and stakeholders on the restructuring process and the sale of the service division to Ebert HERA Esser Group.
- Advised Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Codarts Rotterdam on the employment aspects of a merger.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tijmen Noordoven, Inge de Laat, Dirk Jan Rutgers