Emma advises and assists domestic and multinational corporations on all aspects of individual employment law (including cross border situations), employment contracts, employment termination (including protected employees), employee compensation and benefits as well as non-compete and restrictive covenants.

She also focuses on several aspects of collective employment law, including being involved in large restructuring projects, such as collective lay offs, closures, the transfer of undertakings, the employment aspects of mergers & acquisitions and outsourcing, and the related drafting process of collective bargaining agreements.

In addition, she assists clients with audits or investigations by the labour inspectorates.

Emma represents clients in legal proceedings before the Belgian Employment Courts and Employment Appeal Courts.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Brussels Bar: 2010

• Are foreign employers who post workers to Belgium obliged to proceed with a DIMONA obligation: what has the Belgian Supreme Court said (or rather not said)?

  By Emma Van Caenegem, Astrid Caporali |July 2022

• Directors with a non-remunerated corporate mandate can now be exempted from the professional card obligation in the Flemish region

  By Emma Van Caenegem, Annabel Coopman |March 2022