Paul GEEREBAERT
Partner

• Labour and Employment

Market Recognition

• “Paul Geerebaert has significant experience representing companies and employees in contentious dismissal cases and other employment litigation. Clients particularly highlight his responsiveness as a key strength.” – Chambers Europe, 2020
• Paul Geerebaert is ranked as ‘Leading Indivdual’ lawyer. “He has an outstanding reputation. He has a strong sense of urgency and gives each client a feeling of top priority”. – Legal 500, 2020
• Paul Geerebaert impresses interviewees with his ability to "respond really quickly and give practical guidance." His areas of expertise include individual and collective dismissals, restructurings and employment litigation – Chambers Europe, 2019
• Paul Geerebaert is referred to as a “thought leader’” in Labour and Employment – Who’s Who Legal, 2019
• Paul Geerebaert is  ranked as ‘Highly Recommended’ – Leaders League, 2019
• Paul Geerebaert is ranked as ‘Leading Individual’ in Legal 500. He “always strives to find the best solutions” and leads Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick's Labour and Employment  team, which has a 'pragmatic approach' to, among other areas, contentious work, collective dismissals, discrimination claims, and transactional support matters – Legal 500, 2019

Professional Memberships

• Lex Mundi Labour and Employment Group
• European Employment Law Association

Dutch, French, English, German

• Headlines Employment & Labour: The social elections of 2016 are coming...
• Headline Labour & Employment: Social partners conclude CBA on the motivation of the dismissal
• Headline Labour & Employment: Social security contributions due on most end-of-employment allowances
• Headline Labour & Employment: Council of Ministers approves draft bill on unified employment status
• Headline Labour & Employment: Compromise proposal of the Minister for Labour: a new step towards single employment status
• Headlines Labour & Employment: Listening to sales calls is allowed, but do not forget the work rules
• Tougher position towards the employment of employees who illegally stay in Belgium (part II)
• Headline Labour & Employment: The programme Act reinforces the fight against social security fraud in the frame of intra-community mobility
• Headline Labour & Employment: The new Programme Act
• Licenciement collectif : questions actuelles issues de la pratique

• Liedekerke strengthens its leading position in the Chambers Europe 2021 rankings
• De uitoefening van het (corona-)ouderschapsverlof gewaarborgd: ontslagbescherming en recht op terugkeer in de oorspronkelijke of een gelijkwaardige functie
• Act to suspend the notice period for terminations before or during the period of temporary suspension of the execution of the employment agreement for reasons of force majeure due to the COVID-19 crisis
• Paul Geerebaert recognized in WWL Thought Leaders: Labour & Employment 2020
• Liedekerke statement: COVID-19
• Wat als je niet naar het werk kan omdat je in quarantaine zit?
• Paul Geerebaert recognized in WWL Thought Leaders: Labour & Employment 2019
• Liedekerke recognized by Chambers Europe in the 2019 Rankings
• A new year, a new indexation?
• Employment Breakfast Seminar – Dismissal in practice
• Liedekerke recognised in the Chambers Europe 2018 rankings
• Headlines: Employment & Labour : Update of the notice periods in Belgium
• Headlines Labour and Employment - Long-term incapacity for work: the importance of a reintegration program and the possibility to terminate an employment agreement due to force majeure
• Het debat met Monica De Concink over het eenheidsstatuut: “Er is nog veel werk aan de winkel”