Niels van Boekel

Niels is part of the Employment Law team. He advises Dutch clients and international clients on various employment-law issues. He focuses particularly on issues at the interface of employment law and business law, including mergers and acquisitions, participative decision-making and the position of directors under the articles of association.

Flexible. Focused. Matter-of-factly.

Niels has obtained a bachelor’s degree in Dutch Law and, subsequently, a degree with distinction in Civil Law from the Radboud University Nijmegen. He has also studied Business at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he has obtained a master’s degree in Strategy.

Recommendations

"We have worked with Marjolijn Lips, Victor Gielen and Niels van Boekel. All three of them have shown a very personal and not too formal approach. At the same time, they were very good at illustrating the full context of the case and making sure we understood the impact and consequences of the different scenarios" - The Legal 500 2023, Employment

"Very knowledgeable practice and always responsive to urgent matters. They do not provide lengthy advice notes but seek out the commercial issues and provide practical solutions that clients can work with" - The Legal 500 2023, Employment

"""Their advice was hands-on and composed of out-of-the-box solutions"" - Chambers Europe 2023, Employment''

"The lawyers are always able to respond and deliver on short notice" - Chambers Europe 2022, Employment."

"I have been always satisfied with their responsiveness, pragmatism and capabilities". The Legal 500 2022, Employment.

"Flexibility and availability is optimal" - Chambers Europe 2021, Employment

"The practice is pro-active, organises webinars whenever appropriate and pays a lot of attention to the relationship" - The Legal 500 2021, Employment

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ESG alert: CO2 registration obligation for large employers

01 March 2023

Large employers (>100 employees) will be required to report data on work-related mobility as part of the Climate Agreement in the Netherlands. The objective of the Climate Agreement is to reduce at least 1 megaton of CO2 emissions by 2030 through a collective cap. Work-related mobility now accounts for about 20% of total CO2 emissions. With the CO2 registration obligation, the government wants to monitor CO2 emission reductions and encourage large employers to make their work-related mobility more sustainable as they see fit. If progress by mid-2025 at a collective level does not (appear to) be sufficient, the government will consider imposing an individual standard for large employers' CO2 emissions from 1 January 2026.