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

HR in Healthcare – 1. Recruitment Process and the Duty of Due Diligence

10 September 2025

In the Netherlands, nearly 1.7 million people work in healthcare. And yet, there is still a significant staff shortage. These shortages present new challenges for executives and HR professionals. In practice, we see this sometimes leading to the recruitment of healthcare employees who ultimately turn out not to be well-suited for the sector. In this blog series, we will address a variety of employment law issues that may arise, from recruitment through to the termination of employment.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Accrual of Vacation During Long-Term Illness: What Employers Need to Know

9 September 2025

Does an employee continue to accrue vacation even after two years of illness? The answer is yes, and this has important implications for employers.

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Employment, Employee Participation & Mediation

Employee Participation in Healthcare – From Formal Obligation to Effective Dialogue!

4 September 2025

Recently, the Innovation and Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Governance Committee for Healthcare published the report “Participation and Co-Determination in Healthcare: Towards Innovative Forms of (Co-)Decision-Making?''  The report makes clear that within the healthcare sector there is a need for more flexible, tailor-made, and integrated approaches to organizing participation and co-determination. Based on this report, Renate Vink-Dijkstra, together with Mirella Minkman, Michiel van Berckel Smit, and Daniel Waarsenburg, authored an article for the journal Goed Bestuur en Toezicht (Good Governance and Supervision). The central question addressed is how to ensure that participation is not merely a statutory obligation, but also a source of improved decision-making and genuine engagement.

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