Christiaan Oberman

Christiaan Oberman

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Apart from employment law, Christiaan Oberman also specialises in public service law.

He advises both Dutch and international companies, including various listed companies and (semi-) public bodies. He is mainly involved in advising Boards of Directors and Supervisory Boards. He also assists management boards and HR departments in reorganisations. In addition, he assists statutory directors and directors.

Christiaan has been a lawyer since 1989 and has been a partner of Palthe Oberman since the establishment of the firm. He studied at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Maryland (United States) and completed the postgraduate course in Employment Law.

Christiaan teaches employment law to trainee lawyers in the context of their professional training (VSO) and delivers lectures and courses in that area. He also regularly publishes articles on employment law topics. Each year, he writes the Employment Law Chronicle for the Dutch Bar Journal (Advocatenblad), with the most important decisions in the area of employment law.

In addition, Christiaan has been involved in the work of War Child since its foundation.

Christiaan is recommended in Chambers and Legal 500. He is described as a “strategic, highly skilled and technical” lawyer and in Legal 500 as a “very good negotiator.” According to Chambers, Christiaan is recommended by his clients for “his ability to build relationships with key internal stakeholders.”

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12 December 2022 | Stéphanie Spoelder

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01 December 2022 | Palthe Oberman Advocaten

L&E Global Employment Law Tracker November 2022

Palthe Oberman is pleased to present you with the most recent Employment Law Tracker consisting of employment law updates of all firms connected to the L&E Global Network for November 2022.
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Employer, beware of the duty of notification!

Compensation in lieu of notification is always due if the notice of termination of the employment contract is not in writing, according to a recent Supreme Court ruling. This is not changed by the fact that the employee was given verbal notice and started a new job immediately afterwards. This blog discusses the judgment and provides practical tips.

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