Who's Who Legal 2019: Labour & Employment
In Who’s Who Legal 2019, Claeys & Engels is distinguished, as in 2018, as having the second highest number of worldwide ranked employment lawyers. Even better, in the European ranking of leading law firms, our firm is ranked second to none.
Of the 43 ranked lawyers for Belgium, 19 are from Claeys & Engels, and of the 12 chosen as "Thought Leaders" in Belgium, we are proud that 8 of these are our colleagues.
An annual ranking of “Global Elite Thought Leaders” is also published, which lists the lawyers who have been named by their peers as the best in their field. Chris Engels ranks third on the European list of Global Elite Thought Leaders. Also, Olivier Wouters and Sophie Maes receive a special mention in the analysis report, which you can read here.
- “A Global Elite Thought Leader in the field, Chris Engels is “unmistakably one of the best” according to respondents to our research who are effusive in their praise of his work on individual and collective employee dismissals.
- Olivier Wouters is a pre-eminent figure in the Belgian market who comes in for high praise from commentators for his wealth of experience on employee dismissals and collective-bargaining agreements.
- With an impressive ability on restructuring and dismissals work, the “very knowledgeable” Sophie Maes runs a top-notch practice that sees her garner widespread commendation from peers. “There is no better person” in the field in Belgium, comments one interviewee.”
Further information can be found on https://whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/35251/labour-employment-2019-analysis/ and https://res.cloudinary.com/kreatio/image/upload/v1555500936/Directory_dgrbqb.pdf