Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• Bulgarian
• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Russian

Lawyer Overview

Chantal Biernaux practices Belgian and European labor and social security law. Her activities are focused on corporate restructuring (collective layoffs and closure of plants), negotiating and drafting of collective bargaining agreements, management of collective and individual labor relations, and litigation. She is particularly knowledgeable in occupational pension schemes (pension funds and group insurances).

In 1994, Chantal became a member of the Brussels Bar. She joined the Benelux law firm Stibbe in 1996 and became a partner of that firm in 2003. Prior to joining Jones Day, she also worked at the Belgian labor law firm Taquet, Clesse & Van Eeckhoutte.

Chantal is a regular speaker at seminars on labor and employment-related topics. She is also member of the Belgian Employment Lawyers Association.

Chantal is fluent in Dutch, French, and English and has a working knowledge of German, Russian, and Bulgarian.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• European Labor Law
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of two composite manufacturing plants

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Collective Bargaining, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, International Law, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Brussels, Belgium

Education

• U Catholique-Louvain - Belgium

Published Works

• Staff Restructuring: How International Companies Are Dealing with Redundancies in the EU, 2009
• ALERT: European Court of Justice Rules: Words Not Only Hurt, But Can Constitute Discrimination, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, reprinted in Cross-border Quarterly, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Quarterly, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007
• Must the employer's contributions to the group insurance or the pension fund be considered to be remuneration in the current status of case-law?, 2005
• Non-discrimination and CBA 32bis questioned. In what way does the legislation on occupational pension schemes allows to make a distinction between different categories of workers in the context of a transfer of undertaking or of a merger of companies?, 2005
• International pensions and benefits: Belgium, Tolley's International Pensions and Benefits, LexisNexis Butterworths Tolley, 2003

Address

Boulevard Brand Whitlocklaan 165
B-1200 Brussels 1050, Belgium

Phones

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Faxes

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Websites

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