Stephanie advises domestic and international clients on a broad range of employment law matters, including the HR aspects of M&A, reorganizations and individual disputes. She has a particular focus on employee data protection and privacy in HR.

Stephanie's experience

  • Advised a multinational manufacturing company on the assessment of its European sales organisation, the hiring and termination of employees across Europe, and the establishment of a Dutch legal entity.

  • Advised a customer experience technology provider on a complex multi-jurisdiction outsourcing project involving the transfer of employees from Avaya across ten jurisdictions in Europe and the Middle East, including European Works Council consultation and Employer of Record arrangements in non-TUPE jurisdictions.

  • Advised a US-based plant-based food company on the implementation of a UK phantom award plan and coordinated multi-jurisdictional advice on tax and securities compliance for employee awards in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland.

  • Advised a global telecoms company on Dutch employment law matters arising from a local restructuring within its Netherlands branch.

    • Netherlands
  • Advised a US-based provider of software solutions on Dutch employment law aspects of envisaged redundancies.

  • Coordinating a global project for a PLC involving strategic advice in relation to the legal and cultural considerations associated with the collection of employee diversity data across 50+ jurisdictions. We also supported with the communications campaign to drive up employee declaration rates, emphasising 'hearts and minds' approaches in messaging.

  • Supporting a multi-national organisation with their preparations for the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive and CSRD by conducting a “dry run” of the prescribed gender pay equity metrics across their European operations and providing advice on remedial actions to address pay iniquities identified and comms with employee reps.

  • Labor and social security law advice to one of the world's largest retail chains with over 150,000 employees on the introduction of workation within the entire EU.

Credentials

  • 2024
    Made Partner in Pinsent Masons
  • 2022
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 2005
    Qualified - The Netherlands
  • 2004
    University of Groningen LLM
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Out-Law / Insight by Stephanie Dekker

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