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Elke Duden

Partner

CMS DeBacker
Generaal Lemanstraat 55
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
Languages Dutch, English, French, German

Elke is a partner in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits practice, where she heads the Pensions practice.

She deals with all aspects of employment law and occupational pension law. She advises on day to day HR issues, employee incentive schemes, HR restructuring, employment litigation, health & safety, senior executives. Her practice concentrates on two specific niches: (i) collective labour issues of large corporate reorganisations; and (ii) specific projects in the area of pensions (i.e. merger and goverance of pan-european pension funds, restructuring or winding down of pension schemes, complex litigation).

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"Elke Duden is practical in her advice and answers questions very quickly."

Chambers Europe, 2023

"Elke Duden has a great pulse on the market and an ability to provide practical advice and solutions to issues we are facing. I am impressed by her ability to hone in on the legal issues that a particular set of facts poses and to explain that to us and our clients."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

"Elke Duden has been exceptional in her confident advice, great stakeholder management, depth of understanding and flexibility."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

Memberships & Roles

  • Board member BePLA
  • Member IPEBLA
  • Member PensioPlus
  • Member Employment Lawyers Association Antwerp
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Publications

  • E. DUDEN, "De Wet Aanvullende Pensioenen is 10 jaar oud: De Belgian Pension Lawyers Association maakte een balans op", Kluwer, 2014
  • E. DUDEN, "Arbeidsrechtelijke, sociaalzekerheidsrechtelijke en pensioenaspecten bij bedrijfsovernames", Kluwer, 2010
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Education

  • 2008 - University of Leuven, KU Leuven (Leerstoel pensioenrecht)
  • 2002 - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  • 2001 - Admitted to the Antwerp Bar
  • 1997 - Admitted to the Brussels Bar
  • 1997 - University of Antwerp, UA (Master of Laws)
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31/01/2024
On your radar | Issue 23
Key employment law developments and expected trends for 2024
28/11/2023
Seminarie Arbeidsrecht 2024
CMS wil u up-to-date informeren over de nieuwe jur­idische tendensen op HR-vlak voor 2024. Want 2024, dat is morgen al! We organiseren in samenwerking met Francine Heirbaut van Mod’arte een exclusief...
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On your radar | Issue 22
Key employment issues to be aware of internationally
06/09/2023
On your radar | Issue 22
Key employment issues to be aware of internationally
06/06/2023
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Join us on Tuesday 6 June in our offices. At Howden Belgium and CMS, we are committed to providing up-to-date information on legal and insurance topics. On Tuesday 6 June, from 5.30pm to 9pm, we are...
15/05/2023
On your radar | Issue 21
Key employment issues to be aware of internationally
15/05/2023
On your radar | Issue 21
Key employment issues to be aware of internationally
15/02/2023
Whistleblowing through the eyes of the institution for occupational retirement...
1.In­tro­duc­tionThe topic of “whis­tleblow­ing” is trending today. Most articles on this topic have been written from an HR point of view. However, institutions for occupational retirement provision (hereinafter...
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Check up for 2023
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