Margot van Herwerden
Advocaat | Senior Associate
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Margot specialises in employment law with a focus on the unilateral amendment of employment terms, illness and rehabilitation, including issues related to the Dutch Sickness Benefits Act and Work and Income Capacity for Work Act. She has wide-ranging experience advising retailers. Margot's background as an SME lawyer is highly useful in this context. She regularly publishes in journals for entrepreneurs, and in legal journals.
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RecommendedLegal 500, Employment (2018 Edition)
Qualifications & Experience
- Grotius Academy specialisation course on Employment Law
- Law (Utrecht University)
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Assisted Corre Energy B.V. with its initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Dublin
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Advised B&C Industrieholding GmbH, together with CERHA HEMPEL, on the acquisition of 80% stake in the Schur Flexibles Group, which has an enterprise value of around EUR 900m and four production sites in the Netherlands.
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Houthoff advised Atos, an ICT multinational with several branch offices in the Netherlands, on an extensive restructuring process of ATOS, including a partially unilateral amendment of employment conditions.
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Houthoff advised HEMA B.V. on a collective redundancy of more than one third of the roles at HEMA B.V.'s head office. The process also involved consultation and approval of HEMA B.V.'s works council and trade unions.
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V&D was a landmark brand of high street located department stores (63 stores) in the Netherlands and was founded in 1887. Houthoff advised the company in a wide array of matters, including the restructuring of its debt, and representing the company in several high profile litigation matters related to real estate and labour law.
