Bevernage Carl

Carl Bevernage
Partner - Brussels office
Tel: +32 (0) 2 290 04 68
carl.bevernage@amboslaw.be

Carl Bevernage (°1943 - Portstewart N. Ireland) advises on all aspects of collective labor and individual employment law.
After having been a research and teaching assistant at the K.U. Leuven School of Law, Carl joined the Brussels Bar and contributed during almost thirty years to the development of a first tier Belgian law office with international reputation, and, subsequently, to the expansion of a Dutch-Belgian Belgian firm in Belgium.
Carl is an active member of the International Labor & Employment Section of the ABA and the Labor and Employment Section of the IBA.
He was Head of the Brussels Bar (D) from 1990 -1992, Head of Belgian Delegation in the Council of European Bars (CCBE) (2006-2008) and he currently chairs the GATS Committee of the CCBE. He also chairs the Board of a hospital, is a director of the Brussels Philharmonic Society, and is Co-President of the Belgian-Dutch Association.

Practice areas

  • European and Belgian Works' council issues and personnel representation
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Restructuring, redundancies
  • Employment law, benefits, share schemes and other incentives for key employees and directors
  • In- and outsourcing
  • Expatriate arrangements
  • Temporary help (agencies)
  • Independent contracting
  • Social security issues and pensions
  • Regulatory aspects of health infrastructure, medical care and pharmaceuticals
  • GATS liberalization of the liberal professions
  • Litigation (civil and criminal), ADR and arbitration

Experience

  • Partner Ambos NBGO
  • Partner NBGOLex Nieuwdorp Bevernage Goris (2009-2010)
  • Partner Loyens & Loeff (2001-2008)
  • Partner De Bandt Van Hecke Lagae & Loesh (1977-2001)
  • Associate De Bandt Van Hecke & Lagae (1971-1976)
  • Labor and Political assistant U.S. Embassy Brussels (1969-1970)
  • Research and teaching assistant K.U. Leuven School of Law

Education

  • LL.M., Tulane University, USA, 1968
  • Dr. Iuris, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1967
  • Pre-Law and Economics Facultés Universitaires N.D. de la Paix - Namur Belgium, 1964

 Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German

Publications

  • Belgian Labor and Employment Law - annual update for the BNA (Washington DC)
  • The new law on the Labor Inspectorate (D)
  • The international position of the legal profession (D)
  • La coopération de l'avocat avec ses concurrents: avantages et limites - Avocature sans frontiers (F)
  • The criminal liability of directors, officers and top executives (D)
  • Corporate social responsibility (E/D/F)
  • Golden parachutes (D)
  • Miscellaneous contributions at (web) seminars and for Libri Amicorum