Dutch employment law

Marcus Draaisma specialises in employment law and insolvency law. He assists both large and small organisations in trade and industry and in the non-profit sector, as well as directors and professionals in dismissal proceedings and contract negotiations. Marcus operates in a wide area, including the financial, logistics, media and advertising, and construction sectors.

Lydia Milders is a tenacious lawyer with a pragmatic approach. 

Lydia is involved in:

• Guiding (international) reorganisations, advising on (individual and collective) dismissals and employee co-determination law. 
• Litigation, including on (breach of) confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete clauses.
• Fraud & workplace integrity issues, including: theft, breach of non-compete and/or non-disclosure clauses, unlawful competition. Collaboration with private investigation agencies, internal integrity departments and forensic IT experts. 
• Evidence gathering & seizure of evidence.
• Complaint procedures concerning transgressive behaviour in the workplace (including sexual harassment).
• The sick employee (problems with rehabilitation, illness & dismissal).

Lydia has been affiliated with Palthe Oberman since 2010. She studied at the University of Groningen.

Lydia regularly provides training on employment law issues and fraud in the workplace.

Apart from employment law, Christiaan Oberman also specialises in public service law. He advises both Dutch and international companies, including various listed companies and (semi-) public bodies. He is mainly involved in advising Boards of Directors and Supervisory Boards. He also assists management boards and HR departments in reorganisations. In addition, he assists statutory directors and directors.

Publications, teaching and memberships

Christiaan teaches employment law to trainee lawyers in the context of their professional training (VSO) and delivers lectures and courses in that area. He also regularly publishes articles on employment law topics. Each year, he writes the Employment Law Chronicle for the Dutch Bar Journal (Advocatenblad), with the most important decisions in the area of employment law. Besides, he is a Board member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA) and a member of the Board of Discipline.

In addition, Christiaan has been involved in the work of War Child since its foundation.

Legal directories

Chambers and Legal 500 recommend Christiaan for consecutive years:

• “strategic, highly skilled and technical” lawyer – Chambers & Partners
• “very good negotiator.” – Legal 500
• “his ability to build relationships with key internal stakeholders.” – Chambers & Partners
• “attentive to detail and service-focused,” – Chambers & Partners 2022