Ms Elisabeth Matthys > Stibbe > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Ms Elisabeth Matthys

+32 2 533 56 52 [email protected] 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