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Ms Elisabeth Matthys

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+32 2 533 56 52 elisabeth.matthys@stibbe.com View profile

Work Department

Employment & Pensions, Compliance and Sanctions, Pensions, Sports

Position

Partner

Career

Elisabeth’s expertise lies in individual employment law (giving legal guidance on recruitment and employment, the posting of employees, and employment of foreign workers) and collective employment law (advising on transfers of undertaking and outsourcing, assisting works councils). She also focuses on the European and corporate law aspects of employment law, as well as international employment situations. In addition, Elisabeth has a special expertise in topics situated at the intersection of labour law and administrative law, such as the occupation of employees and statutory employees in public services/utilities or half-public utilities (parastatals), and privatisations of public entities (i.e. the transfer of public properties or services to the private sector). As a sports lawyer, Elisabeth assists major sports federations with advice and litigation concerning topics such as transfer rules, discrimination issues, matchfixing and anti-doping rules. She also assists major athletes in disputes with federations, selection criteria and in many other areas of sports law.

Languages

Dutch, French, English, German

Education

  • Graduated in Law from Ghent University (2000)
  • Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom (2001)
  • Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2001
  • With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2001 (Partner since 2010)
  • Assistant in the Department of Social Law at Ghent University
  • Member of the expert committee in social criminal law advising the Belgian government

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Belgium > Industry focus: Media and entertainment

Stibbe advises players in the industry spanning sports associations, media platforms, record labels and broadcasters on an array of contentious and advisory matters. The firm has also developed a strategic focus on the fast-growing gamification sector. TMT specialist Erik Valgaeren heads up the practice; his varied portfolio of work incorporates advice on pre-employment background checks and compliance with the Electronic Communications Act. Sports law expert Elisabeth Matthys frequently handles litigation involving discrimination issues and anti-doping rules. Publishers rely on Ignace Vernimme for informed counsel on diverse trade mark and copyright issues.

Belgium > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Elisabeth Matthys – Stibbe

Leading multinationals and Belgian corporate and public clients rely on Stibbe‘s comprehensive employment and pensions expertise, which encompasses restructuring projects, harassment and discrimination claims, and payment disputes and is particularly concentrated in the area of collective dismissals. The team handles contentious and non-contentious dismissals in the context of corporate reorganisations and internal investigations and also assists with dismissal-related trade union negotiations. Elisabeth Matthys, who is a key contact for this line of work, maintains close relations with clients in the sports sector and co-leads the team with Jérôme Aubertin, who has ‘exceptional knowledge’ of employment and social security litigation. Pensions and insurance expert Jan Proesmans is also recommended. Dieter Demuynck left the team in December 2022.

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