Eveline Bakker

Eveline Bakker

Associate | Attorney at law

Employment & Employee Participation & Corporate Law

Eveline specialises in employment participation law and corporate law. She supports clients in consultation and consent processes and provides advice on employment participation structures. She is particularly interested in matters arising at the interface between employment participation and corporate law.

Eveline is meticulous, dedicated and purposeful in her approach. She carefully examines the various interests and possibilities, identifies opportunities and risks, and then consults with her client to determine the most effective strategy. In taking this approach, Eveline’s aim is always to achieve the best possible result for her client.

Education

Eveline studied at Leiden University, and took the minor in Business Administration during her law studies. She successfully completed her Master’s in Tax Law and Corporate Law, and then went on to specialise in Enterprise and Liability through the Grotius programme.

Career

During her studies, Eveline worked and undertook internships with other law firms and at the Tax Administration. She joined De Clercq after completing her studies.

Eveline’s daily practice

Eveline’s daily practice involves issues in corporate law and employment participation law, with a focus on employment participation structures, employment participation in group relationships, and consultation and consent processes.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Employee participation in 2025: the key themes at a glance

8 January 2026

In 2025 as well, courts have regularly ruled on issues relating to employee participation. In this blog, we discuss the most notable judgments on the basis of five (recurring) current themes.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Meet the team: Renate Vink-Dijkstra

6 January 2026

In this section, each month we introduce a colleague from the Labour, Employee Participation & Mediation team. This month it is the turn of Renate Vink-Dijkstra, partner and lawyer within the Labour & Employee Participation team. Curious about her story and what drives her? Then read on quickly!

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Right of consent and right of agreement: What is the difference?

5 January 2026

Works councils have influence, under various laws, over decisions that directly affect employees. The right of consent under the Works Councils Act (WOR) is one of the best-known and strongest rights in this respect. Less well known is the right of agreement. However, this right does not stem from the WOR, but from other laws such as the Working Conditions Act, the Working Hours Act and the Work and Care Act, and sometimes from collective labour agreements (CLAs). Both rights differ fundamentally in their operation and impact. It is therefore important to know exactly which right you are dealing with.

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