Smidswater Advocaten

About Smidswater Advocaten

Smidswater Advocaten is based in Den Haag and focuses on employment law, civil service law, M&A and company law. The firm also offers services for expats and interim support.

Services

The firm advises and represents clients in court in various areas of law and offers interim services to law firms and companies.

• Employment law
• Civil service law
• Expats: employment law services for foreign companies establishing themselves in the Netherlands
• Company law
• M&A, including mergers, acquisitions and restructurings
• Interim services on a project or transaction basis or for a set period

Employment law

The lawyers advise and represent clients in court on employment law matters for various parties. They are also involved in the employment law consequences of mergers and acquisitions.

• Reorganisations and social plans
• Service and management agreements
• Use of self-employed professionals without staff (zzp'ers) and flexible workers
• Secondment and temporary employment arrangements
• Transfer of undertaking
• Harmonisation and unilateral changes to employment terms
• Individual and collective dismissal
• Performance management processes
• Disciplinary measures and integrity matters
• Work incapacity and reintegration
• Non-compete and non-solicitation clauses

Who the firm serves

Employers, employees, civil servants, self-employed professionals without staff (zzp'ers) and expats, among others, can turn to the firm for employment law matters. Interim services are available to law firms and companies.

• Employers
• Works councils
• Directors
• Managers
• Supervisors
• Employees
• Civil servants
• Self-employed professionals without staff (zzp'ers)
• Expats
• Law firms
• Companies

Approach

The firm puts clients' needs and goals at the centre and keeps them informed about the progress of their matters. Legal language is translated into clear terms.