Laurie Kuijpers
Simmons & SimmonsSimmons & Simmons' full-service employment, incentives and pensions practice is well known for representing domestic and international entities in the TMT and financial services sectors. The team's workload includes advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, renumeration matters and incentives work, as well as investigations. In the pensions space, the group acts as counsel to pension funds and insurance companies on a broad spectrum of matters. Laurie Kuijpers and Annemarie Elenbaas co-head the department; Kuijpers leads on cross-border employment matters, while Elenbaas is well versed in advising on co-determination issues and transfer of undertakings.
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Testimonials
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‘We instruct Simmons & Simmons on a broad range of employment matters. The team goes out of their way to provide user friendly and commercial advice. The team is extremely responsive and have a particularly quick turnaround time. ’
‘Annemarie Elenbaas is particularly commercial in her outlook, balancing the complex Dutch employment legal framework against the employers' commercial objectives. ’
‘Simmons & Simmons stands out in being knowledgeable, straight forward, available and responsive. ’
Key clients
- Meta Global Inc / Facebook Netherlands
- B.V.
- Booking.com
- Moduslink
- Swisscom
- Team Eiffel
- VEON
- Zimmer Biomet
- BP Plc.
- Broekman
- Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux
- AXA XL
- Sodastream
- Progress
- Dawn Foods
- Monument Re / Monument Assurance
- Luxembourg
- Redefine Meat
- Lightrock LLP
- Air Products Nederland B.V
Work highlights
- Acted as counsel to Meta Inc/Facebook Netherlands B.V. on the implementation of large-scale global lay-offs which affected the Netherlands.
- Advised Mizuho on the implementation of a large-scale cross-border merger.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Laurie Kuijpers, Annemarie Elenbaas