Inge Vanderreken
Partner
Brussels
Inge Vanderreken
Partner
Brussels
Contact Details
Brussels based partner Inge Vanderreken 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. 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).
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).
Qualifications
Professional
Stagiair, Belgium, 1993
Admitted as advocate, Belgium, 1996
Exempt European lawyer, England and Wales, 2015
Academic
Master in Pensions, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 2012
LLM, Labour Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1993
Law Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 1992
Related articles
Publications: 21 December 2022
Gender diversity on corporate boards
What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national legislation of each Member State.
Publications: 14 October 2022
Important changes to the process of reintegrating an employee on long-term sick leave in Belgium
Publications: 28 February 2022
Sustainability Belgium – Creating value through a workplace oriented ESG strategy
Experience highlights
Advising a leading international specialty chemicals group on a transfer of undertaking following the sale of part of its activities. We assisted in the negotiations and drafting of the contractual framework in a multitude of European jurisdictions. This included advice on transfer of undertakings regulations and negotiations with respect to the arrangements on the transfer of employees.
Advising an industrial company in negotiations with respect to a collective dismissal and closure of the company in a heavily unionised environment. This included preparing the process from the start, including strategy decisions, contingency and communication, full involvement in the information and consultation phase, design of a social plan and drafting of calculations, negotiations with the unions, full assistance with the implementation of the dismissals.
Advising a global speciality chemicals company on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation in HR matters. This included a gap analysis report with recommendations to remedy any identified gaps, day-to-day advice on the implementation, drafting of a toolbox which included all relevant documents and assistance with the training of employees.
Advising a global manufacturer of plastic products and other construction materials in the implementation of a plant closure in Belgium.
Qualifications
Professional
Stagiair, Belgium, 1993
Admitted as advocate, Belgium, 1996
Exempt European lawyer, England and Wales, 2015
Academic
Master in Pensions, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 2012
LLM, Labour Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1993
Law Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), 1992
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
- I. Vanderreken, Enkele (nieuwe) juridische grenzen aan het wervings- en selectieproces, Oriëntatie, 2003
- I. Vanderreken, Loon in vogelvlucht, samen werken, CED Samsom, 2002
- I. Vanderreken, Financiële participatie voor werknemers: resultaatsdeling, opties en aandeelhouderschap, Kluwer, 2001
- I. Vanderreken, De managementvennootschap, reeks Fiscale Wenken, CED Samsom, 2000
Pro-bono experience
- Inge regularly advises on various employment issues for charitable organisations such as SOS Kinderdorpen, Missing Children Europe and Circus Zonder Handen.
Recognition
flexible and pragmatic approach” and “very accurate and quick responses.
Chambers, 2018
very good business acumen.
Chambers, 2017
easy to understand" and "very good at explaining how things legally work in Belgium
Chambers, 2017
a good negotiator.
Chambers, 2016
Awards & accolades
HR Excellence awards
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2012
