Inge also assists clients on the employment aspects of corporate and outsourcing transactions and has considerable expertise on data protection and privacy issues. She also represents clients in court when required.
Her particular areas of expertise include employee benefits and incentives, workforce restructuring, redundancies and work councils. She regularly advises local and international clients on multi-jurisdictional employment matters and cross-border work councils (e.g. European work councils). She has also extensive experience in conducting and advising on HR investigations for multinational companies, covering a range of issues such as misconduct, harassment, fraud, whistleblowing and compliance.
Clients favour her negotiation skills and her understanding of the business dimension, praising her ‘business acumen’ in the legal directories.
She has published and lectured on various aspects of employment law and incentives, including restructuring, outsourcing, incentive schemes, discrimination and privacy issues, and multi-jurisdictional employment matters. She is a member of the Board of the Brussels ""Labour Law Association"" (a group comprising in-house counsel, practising lawyers, magistrates and judges, all specialising in employment law) and a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA).
Inge Vanderreken
Partner
Inge advises clients on the full range of employment and incentive matters. She provides strategic advice and practical solutions whenever clients are faced with changes in the market, in regulations or within the organisation.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Recticel, on the employment aspects of the sale of its foams business to the US company, Carpenter.
A global pharmaceutical company on various employment matters (i) several investigations; (ii) sensitive dismissals, including negotiations and drafting documents; (iii) matters related to information and consultation obligations; and (iv) employment legal procedures.
Port of Zeebrugge on all the employment, social security and pension aspects of its merger with the Port of Antwerp, resulting in the Port of Antwerp Bruges.
A leading chemicals company in relation to a construction dispute.
Pro bono
Inge regularly advises on various employment issues for charitable organisations such as SOS Kinderdorpen, Missing Children Europe and Circus Zonder Handen.
Published Work
- I. Vanderreken, European Commission proposes directive to protect whistleblowers – scandals necessitate reform, Global Benefits Vision 2018
- I. Vanderreken, The international comparative legal guide to employment & labour law 2014, Global Legal Group, 2014
- I. Vanderreken, Het sociaal plan vervat in een CAO: belangrijkste voor- en nadelen voor de werkgever, HR World, HR Today, 2009
- I. Vanderreken, European employment law clinic - Belgium, The Federation of European Employers, 2008
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
- Member, EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association)
- Member, VSR
- Member, AmCham
- Member, EFESO
Recognition
“flexible and pragmatic approach” and “very accurate and quick responses.”
Chambers, 2018
“very good business acumen.”
Chambers, 2017
Awards
- HR Excellence awards (2023, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2012)
Qualifications
Admissions
Stagiair, Belgium, 1993
Admitted as advocate, Belgium, 1996
Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2021
Academic
Master in Pensions, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 2012
LLM, Labour Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1993
Law Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 1992
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.