Robert Jan Stoop

Robert Jan Stoop specialises in corporate and employment law, with a strong focus on dismissal law. As a sparring partner for management boards, he thinks strategically about legal issues and helps prevent and resolve disputes. His expertise is particularly valued in the retail and hospitality sector, where he assists entrepreneurs and companies with complex employment law and commercial issues.

Robert Jan was sworn in as a lawyer in 2001 and has been a partner at TK since 2008. He studied Dutch law at Leiden University and obtained his MfN registration at Hogeschool Leiden. With his years of experience, he is a regular advisor to management boards of leading companies in retail and hospitality, such as DekaMarkt, Dirk, Dirck III, Etos franchisees and Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin. In addition to his legal work, he is active as an MfN Registered Mediator, where he assists employers and employees, shareholders and companies in disputes.

Within TK, Robert Jan leads the Retail and Hospitality sector team and is a member of the Employment Law and Corporate & Commercial Litigation expert teams.

As a sparring partner of the management, I like to be involved in strategic decisions, such as course setting or collaborations. This enables me not only to identify legal risks, but also to think proactively about opportunities and structures. By being close to the client, legal advice transcends solving incidents; it becomes an integral part of policy and strategy. This is how you really move forward together.

• Achieved several landmark rulings in dismissal cases, particularly in instant dismissals in bagatelle cases.
  
• Provided decades of legal support to management boards in retail and hospitality, including Dirk van den Broek and Burger King.
  
• Supervised large-scale restructurings and reorganisations within various organisations.
  
• Advised on strategic acquisitions and collaborations in the retail sector.
  
• Has extensive experience in employee participation issues and collective bargaining negotiations.
  
• Successful mediation in complex shareholder disputes.
  
• Strong track record in cross-border employment matters and expat schemes.

• MfN Registered Mediator, affiliated with Resolute Mediation (www.resolute-mediation.nl)
  
• Contact partner for TK within the international legal network LEI (www.lei-network.com)
  
• Chairman TK Challenge Foundation

Robert Jan is registered with the Dutch Bar Association in the following areas of law:

• Employment law

Pursuant to this registration, he is obliged to obtain ten training points each calendar year for each registered main area of law, in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.

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