Stéphanie Spoelder
Partner
Stéphanie advises, litigates and negotiates on all aspects of employment law on behalf of Dutch and international companies as well as employees and executives. Given her background, Stéphanie has increasingly specialised in corporate employment law. She advises and assists Dutch and international employers in the context of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, the legal position of managing directors, restructurings, employee participation, individual and collective dismissals, harmonisation of employment conditions and cross-border employment. Stéphanie also regularly mediates in boardroom conflicts.
Her regular client base includes scale-ups and international listed and other companies in the pharma, healthcare, technology and software sectors. Stéphanie has furthermore represented non-profit organisations for many years, including Stichting Hulphond Nederland.
Stéphanie is a guest lecturer in employment law at Leiden University. She also regularly gives courses and publishes articles on employment law topics.
Furthermore, Stephanie is passionately committed to charities and is socially involved. She is, for instance, a board member of the Friends For Life Foundation, which aims to offer education opportunities to Kenyan young adults, and also a board member of the Nieuwe Baarnsche School.
Stéphanie graduated from Leiden University in 2008, after which she worked as an employment lawyer at Baker McKenzie for many years.