Dirk Jan Rutgers > Rutgers & Posch > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Rutgers & Posch Offices
HERENGRACHT 466
1017 CA AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Dirk Jan Rutgers
Work Department
Employment, Pensions & Benefits
Position
Partner
Career
Dirk Jan is one of the founding partners of Rutgers & Posch. He is a boardroom counselor and acts as mediator on organisational issues and collaborations between institutions. He supervised complex restructurings and reorganisations, where he was responsible for stakeholder management, in the financial sector, the public sector, the media industry, the healthcare industry and in other lines of business.
Dirk Jan draws in this capacity on his experience as a specialist employment lawyer, where he advises domestic and international clients on mergers, reorganisations, dismissals, co-determination and statutory boards issues. He also leverages experience as board member and supervisory board member of several institutions.
Before founding Rutgers & Posch, Dirk Jan was a partner at various law firms including DLA Piper. He also worked for firms in New York and Washington D.C. He is frequently invited to speak at international conferences.
Memberships
He is a member of the Dutch Employment Law Association, and a guest lecturer at VU University Amsterdam. Dirk Jan is Past Chair of the Diversity and Equality Law Committee and the Global Employment Institute of the International Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
Under the leadership of Anouk Jagt, the team at Rutgers & Posch is perhaps best known for its strength in advising on professional disciplinary matters and transactional work in the healthcare sector. Dirk Jan Rutgers is a key contact for employment law matters, and Jeanne Plettenburg is very experienced in assisting with procurement and collaborations in the healthcare space.
Netherlands > Employment
Rutgers & Posch is known for its expertise in assisting works councils and Dutch companies with a range of employment law issues, including reorganisations, benefits and corporate-related employment matters. The practice is jointly led by Tijmen Noordoven, Inge de Laat, who is very experienced in advising on the dismissal of managing directors and other high-level management, and Dirk Jan Rutgers, who is well versed in assisting with co-determination matters.