De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat

Employment & Employee Participation

Paralegal

Barbara is a committed lawyer in the field of employment participation. She advises employment participation bodies and directors of SMEs and large organisations, including in the healthcare, education and government sectors, on all facets of employment participation.

Barbara’s enthusiasm for employment participation has been a recurrent theme throughout her life. Both during and after her studies, she has served in a number of employment participation bodies (including a study committee, a faculty council, an employee representative body, a participation council and a works council). She has worked at De Clercq Advocaten since 2020.

Providing advice and sharing knowledge are important aspects of Barbara’s practice. She also enjoys exploring in-depth legal issues, writing for academic journals and other publications, and providing courses and training. In addition, she collaborated with a colleague to develop the WOR (Works Councils Act) app. Finally, Barbara is the point of contact for the students undertaking internships with the Employment Law/Employment Participation team.

After studying German language and literature, Barbara went on to gain her Bachelor’s degree in Law at Leiden University in 2013, all while managing a job and her family with three sons. In 2020, she successfully completed the Harvard Negotiation for Lawyers training at OSR Legal Education, Utrecht.