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Younity Offices

Younity
Avenue Herrmann-Debrouxlaan 54
1160
Belgium
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Younity > The Legal 500 Rankings

Belgium > Employment Tier 3

Boutique firm Younity provides an all-round service in human resources law, with expertise in M&A support matters internationally alongside deep pension knowledge; its pensions experience extends to longstanding relationships with major insurance companies. Jean-Philippe Cordier co-heads the team, specialising in co-determination within large corporations and overall well-being in the workplace. Corinne Merla, co-head, is a key contact for occupational pensions, state pension plans, and individual insurance plans. For litigation, Brecht Cops is the go-to, recommended for his ‘very practical solutions’ to clients’ issues.

Practice head(s):

Jean-Philippe Cordier; Corinne Merla

Other key lawyers:

Brecht Cops; Aurore Guérit; Manon Denis; Kevin Della Selva

Testimonials

‘Jean-Philippe Cordier, Manon Denis, and Corinne Merla perform their duties in an excellent way and are also great personalities.’

‘Very strategic in their approach; collaborated creatively with multiple partners on the same deal.’

‘We worked primarily with Brecht Cops who had a good command of the law and had very practical solutions for issues that came up.’

‘During our collaboration, the team always made the effort to translate the legal language to a language useable for us to apply on the work floor.’

‘I worked with many practices in my career and I must say Younity is a unique one. I appreciate the reactivity, the efficiency, and the deep knowledge I can feel.’

‘I work with Kevin Della Selva and she really makes a difference. She has a great understanding of our organization and its challenges. We fully trust her and this is a great added value.’

‘We work closely with Younity, since they provide always very useful advice, no long theoretical analyses which are difficult to understand, but very to the point advice with pragmatic solutions which we can apply in practice.’

Key clients

Axa Belgium

BNP Paribas Fortis

ByMyCar Brussels

Carrefour Belgium

CMA CGM AIR CARGO HOLDING

Colisée Group (Armonea)

EASI

Elia

European Region of the Airports Council International

Exki

Federal Chamber of Representatives

Groep Waaslandia

Home Invest Belgium

ING

Keolis Belgium

Michelin

Mint Tandartsen

MSF (Médecins sans Frontières)

MyData-TRUST

Nordex

Orelia

Petit Forestier

Pexip

Politico

Red Cross Flanders

Safe Brussels

Sandvik

Sprimoglass

TIP Group

TÜV Nord

UBER

UCB

Walloon Parliament

Zadig & Voltaire

Zeeman

Work highlights

  • Advised Uber on litigation and social inspections regarding the self-employed status of its drivers and its couriers.
  • Advised Michelin on negotiations of a social plan with the unions after the decision to close a plant.
  • Representing insurance company Axa Belgium in litigation opposing the Federal Pension Service and various of its former executives following FPS decision to reduce the statutory pension of the executives.

Younity > Firm Profile

Younity is a law firm specializing in the legal aspects of human resources, both in the private and public sectors. Our client portfolio includes international and domestic corporations as well as public authorities. Our expertise covers individual and collective labour law matters (eg individual dismissals, collective redundancies, employment policies, …), state and occupational pensions, employment-related insurances, compensation and benefits, international mobility and business immigration, GDPR and privacy. We also assist clients with the social law and GDPR aspects of M&A transactions and all employment and pensions related litigation.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Employment Brecht Cops [email protected] +32 2 880 77 98
Pensions Corinne Merla [email protected] +32 2 880 77 88
Employment Jean-Philippe Cordier [email protected] +32 2 880 77 89

Staff Figures

Number of partners : 6
Number of lawyers : 20

Languages

English
Dutch
French

Diversity


Younity is member of the Legal Diversity & Inclusion Alliance (LDIA) since 2019. Members of LDIA commit to build a diverse and inclusive workplace in which everyone benefits from equal treatment and opportunities, irrespective of race, ethnic or social origin, gender or sexual orientation, age, disability, language, religion, political preference or any other grounds of personal discrimination.