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Richard Ouwerling LVH advocaten

Richard Ouwerling

Specialised in:
Employees and Conflicts

Education

Dutch law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Graduated in private law and company law in 2001. Richard wrote his thesis on the application of the seniority principle at the UWV. Successfully completed the specialist course in Employment Law at the Grotius Academy (2009).

Lawyer at LVH

Since January 2023.

Function and facts

Richard deals daily with reorganisations, employment conflicts, employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions, employee participation law, competition disputes and unilateral changes to employment conditions. He specialises in collective dismissals, complex individual dismissals, occupational disability and employer liability.

Richard assists both national and international companies, particularly in the sectors Transport & Logistics, Construction & Real Estate and Retail. He has extensive litigation experience.

Expertise

Employees and Conflicts.

Competences

Excellent analytical skills and very pragmatic. Decisive and driven. Confidant and sparring partner for SMEs. Because of these qualities able to prevent and solve complex problems with personnel.

Registration of Legal Areas

Pursuant to article 35b, first paragraph of the Legal Profession Regulations Richard has registered the following areas of law in the register of areas of law of the Netherlands Bar Association: employment law. This registration obliges him to obtain ten training points for each registered area of law each calendar year in accordance with NOvA standards.

Personal characteristics

Committed, decisive, expert and clear.

Memberships / extracurricular activities

  • Richard is a member of the Rotterdam Employment Lawyers Association (VRAA) and the Dutch Employment Lawyers Association (VAAN).

Richard writes many accessible articles on current employment law topics.

Articles

Critical building supervision or hasty enforcement?

March 28, 2023|

There are times when the public authority suspects that the quality of a building is not up to scratch. This is not always easy to prove. Especially when it comes to technical regulations, the compliance of which can only be determined through extensive testing. That was the subject of a recent case at the Administrative Law Division of the Council of State. The central issue was the Building Decree.

Temporary law on transparency turboliquidation

March 23, 2023|

A boom in bankruptcies was expected at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. This expectation did not materialise, partly due to the many support measures that the government has rigged for business. Many companies took advantage of NOW, TVL and also special tax deferral schemes.

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