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Chantal Biernaux
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Chantal Biernaux has more than 25 years of experience practicing Belgian and European labor and employment and social security law. She heads the Labor & Employment Practice in Brussels. Chantal represents global corporations and major national companies on labor issues at collective and individual levels, including corporate restructurings (collective layoffs/closure of plants), negotiating and drafting collective bargaining agreements, managing collective and individual labor relations, and litigation. She is particularly knowledgeable in occupational pension schemes (pension funds and group insurances). Chantal has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1994. In 2012, she was appointed deputy judge in the Brussels Labor Court. She is a certified mediator in labor affairs. She is a regular speaker at seminars on labor and employment-related topics. Chantal is fluent in Dutch, French, and English and has a working knowledge of German, Russian, and Bulgarian.
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Belgium > Employment
(Leading partners)Jones Day‘s employment practice is led by experienced labour and social security expert Chantal Biernaux, whose portfolio encompasses restructuring and collective bargaining matters as well as employment litigation related to termination and remuneration issues. The team has extensive cross-border expertise, frequently collaborating with the firm’s international offices to handle multi-jurisdictional contracting and harmonisation issues, and accordingly maintains a client base consisting of both Benelux-based corporations as well as large multinationals.
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- Competition: Belgian law
- Competition: EU and global
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory: Chemicals
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU regulatory: Food
- Private equity
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Employment