About this role
Treehouse Varrolaan 120 3584 BW Utrecht (Future) partner, associate Senior lawyer, employment law focus, with growth/partner ambitions (Future) partner, associate Full time, part time 10+ years Ready to build the employer of the future? You've got years of experience in employment law and works council matters: reorganisations, consultation processes, collective agreements, complex cases. The legal side you've mastered, but you're missing the room to really build something: propositions, lasting working relationships, a practice with people at its heart.
At LEAN LAWYERS you get that room. About LEAN LAWYERS LEAN is an innovative, climate-positive B Corp law firm in Utrecht. We help entrepreneurs, employers and impact-driven businesses in the Netherlands and abroad find legal solutions that work in practice. We believe in modern, people-first employers and help organisations through change, from startups to large companies.
Your role
- You advise and litigate on complex employment and employee participation matters: reorganisations, (collective) redundancies, works council processes, harmonisation, collective labour agreements and governance.
- You help employers become future-proof: legally solid, people-first and sustainable.
- You develop scalable service offerings, training for HR and boards, and toolkits for sustainable working relationships.
- You build and lead a team, coach junior and mid-level lawyers, and help shape the firm's strategic course.
Who you are
- At least 10 years' experience as an employment lawyer, with proven work on employee participation and no fear of litigating when that is what it takes.
- You've worked at a large or specialist firm and now want more say and less office politics.
- Strong at combining legal depth with pragmatic advice in plain language.
- An interest in sustainability, good employment practice and the role of work in the new economy.
- You hold clear views on the future of emp...