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.

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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

Other key lawyers

Annemeijne Zwager