The labour and employment team at Jones Day ‘offers comprehensive support across a wide range of legal matters’, with experience supporting clients in restructuring processes, litigation procedures, and transfer employment matters. Day to day HR matters, social security compliance, and employee benefits also make up the practice of team head Chantal Biernaux, ’an exceptional lawyer’ and certified mediator. Sara Vanderstraeten joined the team from PwC Legal in July 2024, bringing ‘a remarkable ability to break down complex issues’.
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‘Chantal Biernaux is an exceptional lawyer, very client oriented, and a pleasure to work with.’
‘I have worked with Sara Vanderstraeten. Besides her strong subject knowledge, she is very to the point, available, and engaged.’
‘I work closely with Sara Vanderstraeten and I must say that her approach is truly impressive. She has a remarkable ability to break down complex issues, offering clarity and thorough detail in her explanations.'
‘A very diverse, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable team.'
‘Chantal Biernaux is the most competent and fast-working employment lawyer. Really excellent.’
‘Sara Vanderstraeten is able to align everyone in a complex multinational environment and immediately make the relevant points (from the client's interest) visible. Very driven, extremely strong communicator, strong business accumulator who connects with the client and as such makes you feel she is actually part of your team and defends your interests wholeheartedly.’
Key clients
- The Hain Celestial Group – Lima Natuurvoedingsbedrijf BV
- Lifeline Scientific
- GardaWorld Security Corporation
- Riverside Europe Partners BV
- Nitto Belgium NV – Nitto EMEA NV
Work highlights
Assisting Nitto Belgium NV with the restructuring of their Belgian production entity.
Assisting GardaWorld Security Corporation on the termination of employment of Belgian employees and the appointment of new directors.
Advising the Belgian and French branch of The Hain Celestial Group on a broad range of employment law matters, in addition to matters raising data protection issues, administrative/competition law-related procedures and corporate housekeeping matters.
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Practice head
Chantal Biernaux
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Sara Vanderstraeten