Education

  • Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Bachelor in Law (2010)
  • Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Master of Law (2012)

Admissions

  • Belgium
  • European Court

Languages

  • Dutch (Fluent)
  • English (Fluent)
  • French (Fluent)
  • German (Beginner)
  • Spanish (Beginner)

Evelien Jamaels

Partner
ejamaels@crowell.com
+32.2.214.2814

Evelien Jamaels helps clients meet the challenges of the modern workplace. She advises both national and international companies from a broad range of sectors on all stages of the employment process, from hiring to termination (whether individual or collective). She assists clients with their complex employment issues, including, for example, restructurings, company closures, trade secret protection, diversity in the workplace, discrimination, whistleblowing, termination of employment agreements, drafting and negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and audits/due diligence.

Evelien also has gained particular experience in international employment and global mobility projects. She deals with cross-border labor law issues and helps international businesses wishing to set up an establishment in Europe with their labor and employment and Social Security needs. She provides assistance related to work permits and professional cards, visas, residence permits, and LIMOSA, and she helps clients comply with EU and international employment, Social Security, and tax regulations and practices, including multiple employment schemes and secondments.

Evelien coaches law students of the Free University of Brussels and is a member of the school’s Social Law Department. She also teaches as a visiting professor at the regional training institute PIVO (Provinciaal Instituut voor Vorming en Opleiding van de provincie Vlaams-Brabant).

Evelien is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group and Global Mobility Group. She is heavily involved with Crowell’s Women’s Leadership Initiative and co-founded Crowell Café, a series of informal events to support women at the firm and in the industry.


Recognition

Law.com International: Europe’s 25 Best Up-and-Coming Female Lawyers, 2022


Representative Matters

  • Assisted several multinational companies in the restructuring of their Belgian businesses, including transfers of undertakings, business outsourcing, collective dismissals, and closures of undertakings. 
  • Advised a client in the retail sector on a restructuring and assisted the client with the transfer of an undertaking and the HR integration of the transferred workers (including benefit alignment).
  • Advised a client in the pharma industry regarding the termination of employment of a protected worker in the context of sexual harassment. 
  • Advised a client from the e-commerce sector on its entry strategy into the Belgian market from an employment law perspective. 
  • Defended a software company before the Brussels Labour Court with respect to a claim filed by a former employee whose contract was terminated for cause. 
  • Defended a company before the Brussels Labour Court with respect to a claim filed by a former employee for alleged discrimination. 
  • Assisted a company in the pharma/chemical industry with a sensitive matter in relation to a long-term absent employee (burnout). 
  • Advised clients on social elections. 
  • Assisted clients in the fashion, retail, and construction industries on the occasion of social inspection visits. 
  • Handled single and work permit applications for clients’ non-European Economic Area employees (advice regarding the type of single or work permit to be applied for, preparation of applications in collaboration with the employees, filing of the applications with the competent authorities on behalf of the clients, advising on employees’ visa applications and/or residency permit applications). 
  • Applied for professional cards on behalf of self-employed persons (non-EEA citizens). 
  • Provided a client in the technology industry with cross-border advice on equal pay. 
  • Advised a client from the biotech sector on how best to expand its personnel base in line with its growth strategy. 
  • Advised a major manufacturer of bathroom and sanitary ware in a multijurisdictional dispute in Belgium and the United Kingdom concerning noncompete obligations after the termination of a professional relationship. 
  • Advised and assisted a client from the construction sector following a fatal work accident at a plant. 
  • Provided day-to-day advice to several Belgian and multinational companies regarding a wide range of issues (drafting all types of employment and related agreements, termination issues, enforcement of noncompete undertakings, introduction of new work time schemes). 
  • Provided advice to several clients in the context of the post-COVID-19 working place (e.g., on remote working). 
  • Advised clients in the telecom and nonprofit sectors regarding compliance with whistleblowing legislation.

Speeches & Presentations

  • "Get Up to Speed with the New Belgian Labor & Employment Laws," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2022. (December 15, 2022). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels, and Gloria Saïdi.
  • "The EU Whistleblower Directive - Follow Up," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2022. (June 23, 2022). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • “GDPR voor HR in Lokale Besturen: Principes en Evoluties,” Vanden Broele Webinar (March 29, 2022). Speakers: Evelien Jamaels, Peter Berghmans, and Frankie Schram.
  • "Discrimination in the workplace 2022," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2022. (February 8, 2022). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Collective Dismissal: The Current Rules and Upcoming Changes," Webinar in Collaboration with IJE/IBJ (May 10, 2021). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels, and Stefanie Tack.
  • “Collective Dismissal: A Practical Overview of the Current Situation and Upcoming Changes,” Webinar AmCham Belgium (Tax & Legal Committee), Brussels, Belgium. (April 23, 2021). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels and Stefanie Tack
  • "Collective Dismissal: A Practical Overview of the Current Situation and Upcoming Changes," Webinar AmCham Belgium (Human Capital and Talent Committee), Brussels, Belgium (January 21, 2021). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels, and Stefanie Tack.
  • "Reasons for Termination of Employment: Questions and Answers," Webinar Flemish Bar (Vlaams Pleitgenootschap), Brussels, Belgium (January 19, 2021). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Temps de travail – La flexibilité est la nouvelle norme," Webinar NCOI Learning, Brussels, Belgium (October 15, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels, and Adrien Moureaux.
  • "Arbeidstijd – Flexibel is het nieuwe normaal," Webinar NCOI Learning, Brussels, Belgium (October 13, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "COVID-19 and its HR Impact: Social and fiscal support measures and/or restructuring?” Webinar in collaboration with IJE/IBJ, Mythra Advocaten and FINN, Brussels, Belgium (September 10, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels and Stefanie Tack.
  • "Looking Ahead: Updates for Global Employers on the Impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employee Mobility," Crowell & Moring Webinar (August 20, 2020). Presenters: Nicole Janigian Simonian, Stefanie Atchinson, Evelien Jamaels, and Jackson C. Pai.
  • "What After the Lockdown," Webinar in collaboration with IJE/IBJ, Brussels, Belgium (April 30, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels and Stefanie Tack.
  • "Preparing for Employees to Return to the Workplace: Strategies for Global Employers During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Crowell & Moring Webinar (April 29, 2020). Presenters: Kris D. Meade, Emmanuel Plasschaert, Nicole Janigian Simonian, Evelien Jamaels, and Jackson C. Pai.
  • "Covid-19 en de heropstart na de lockdown," Webinar in collaboration with Robert Half, Brussels, Belgium (April 28, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels and Stefanie Tack.
  • "Arbeidsrecht in tijden van het coronavirus," Vlaams Pleitgenootschap – Permanente Vorming, Brussels, Belgium (April 14, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Evelien Jamaels and Stefanie Tack.
  • "Are you well prepared for a visit from Social Inspection?" IJE/IBJ Deep Dive, Brussels, Belgium (March 12, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Trade Secrets and Whistle Blowers," IJE/IBJ Deep Dive, Brussels, Belgium (December 5, 2019). Speakers: Jan-Diederik Lindemans, Emmanuel Plasschaert, Gunther Meyer, Judith Bussé, and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Pre-retirement anno 2018," Kluwer Pension Conference 2018, Brussels, Belgium (February 6, 2018). Presenter: Evelien Jamaels.
  • "HR Implications of the Summer Agreement," Crowell & Moring and VBO-FEB Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (December 15, 2017). Presenter: Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Employment Law Aspects of Subcontracting (Posting of Workers, Liability, Well-Being at Work)," Webinar for Kluwer (October 20, 2016). Speakers: Evelien Jamaels and Alex Franchimont.
  • "Motivation of Termination: Update and Analysis First Case Law," Webinar for M&D Seminars (August 18, 2016 and September 30, 2016). Speaker: Evelien Jamaels.
  • “Pre-retirement anno 2016,” Kluwer Pension Conference 2016, Brussels, Belgium (January 26, 2016). Presenters: Evelien Jamaels and Alex Franchimont.
  • “Protected workers”, Crowell & Moring Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (December 10, 2015). Presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Protected Employees," Kluwer Publishers Webinar (September 15-17, 2015). Presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
  • "Preparing the 2016 Social Elections Strategy and Pitfalls," Crowell & Moring Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (May 28, 2015). Presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.

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Firm News & Announcements

January 9, 2023 Crowell & Moring Elects 16 New Partners, Promotes Five to Senior Counsel, and 25 to Counsel
June 8, 2022 Law.com International Names Evelien Jamaels to “Rising Stars: Europe’s Best Up-and-Coming Female Lawyers 2022” List
April 13, 2022 Legal 500 EMEA Ranks Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes Seven Lawyers
April 16, 2021 Legal 500 EMEA Ranks Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes Seven Lawyers
April 27, 2020 Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 13 Lawyers
January 2, 2020 Crowell & Moring Elects Eight New Partners and Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel and 26 to Counsel Positions
April 16, 2019 Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 14 Lawyers