Chris Nekeman
After having worked for several years with FNV Dienstenbond and
at a small law firm, Chris joined Kennedy Van der Laan in 2001.
Chris specialises in Employment law, Co-governance law and Civil
servants law.
The majority of his clients are businesses, but he also assists
private individuals and works councils in employment related
litigation. Regularly, he also assist judges and public prosecutors
in matters relating to legal position.
Chris holds several ancillary positions. He is Chairman of the
dispute resolution committee of the collective employment agreement
for the welfare and social service sector and co-chairman of the
dispute resolution and objections committee of the collective
employment agreement for the childcare sector.
Furthermore, Chris is a permanent editor of the co-governance
journals 'OR Informatie' and 'OR Rendement', he
annotates judgments for the employment-law journal JAR and lectures
in employment-law courses on a regular basis.
As a member of the Employment Law Association, Chris has been part
of the Employee Co-Governance Law Working Group. Chris has chaired
the subgroup "The role of trade union and Works Council in
employment conditions (pay and hours)". This working group has
prepared the Recommendations for the evaluation of the Dutch Works
Councils Act 2009/2010 for the Minister of Justice.
Recommended in
Legal 500 EMEA 2012
Kennedy Van der Laan’s ‘down-to-earth and personable yet
professional and highly knowledgeable’ team acts for clients
including Dutch Railways, Microsoft and Martinair. Practice head
Chris Nekeman is ‘a practical, trustworthy lawyer’."
Chambers Europe 2012
"Chris Nekeman is particularly active in employee
co-governance law, and represents companies as well as works
councils. One client comments: "I think highly of him and
would have no hesitation in recommending him.""