Hélène Bogaard

Areas of experience

• Global HR compliance, Codes of Conduct, business ethics, reputation
• Business transformations: restructuring, outsourcing, acquisitions, post-acquisition integration (also including social plan negotiations, employee representative consultation, severance packages)
• Corporate misconduct, whistleblowing, investigations
• Confidential information and restraints, business protection
• Flexible workforces – non-regular worker challenges
• Global mobility - the employment and benefits implications
• Harassment, discrimination and diversity

Key experience

• Advising a leading global clinical research organization, registered at Nasdaq, in a complex reorganization process of one of its Dutch business units.
• Advising a global media company with the restructuring of its Dutch workforce following the highly publicized acquisition of another media company.
• Advising a life science company on two major international transactions. The advice that we provided included a review of bonus terms and terms of condition of employment, restructure of the Dutch operations.
• Advising an airline on various strike actions with large media attention. The Supreme Court ruling has been published and is of great relevance for any international company who aims to defend itself against industrial actions.
• Advising an airline on various strike actions with large media attention.
• Advising a client in the entertainment sector on litigation regarding one of its musical productions with large media attention.
• Advising a client, one of the largest Cash In Transit companies in the Netherlands, in all employment aspects of its sale, including the consultation process of the relevant works councils.