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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, and senior executives. Her practice concentrates on two specific niches: (i) collective labour issues in large corporate reorganisations; and (ii) specific projects in the area of pensions (i.e. mergers and governance of pan-European pension funds, restructuring or winding down of pension schemes, and complex litigation).

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Elke Duden is an expert in the legal framework and necessary details while keeping in mind business needs. Always available and ready with to-the-point legal advice."
    Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2026
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    "Elke Duden is overall a good attorney to work with."
    Feedback from a client, Chambers Europe, 2026
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    "Elke Duden is accessible and attentive to detail. I am particularly impressed by her ability to drill down to the heart of our issue or concern immediately."
    Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2024
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    "Elke Duden is practical in her advice and answers questions very quickly."
    Chambers Europe, 2023
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    "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
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    "Elke Duden has been exceptional in her confident advice, great stakeholder management, depth of understanding and flexibility."
    Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

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.

Memberships & Roles

  • Board member Belgian Pension Lawyer Association (BePLA)
  • Member International Pension and Employee Benefits  Lawyers Association (IPEBLA)
  • Member PensioPlus
  • Member Employment Lawyers Association Antwerp

Education

  • 2008 – University of Leuven (KU Leuven) – Chair in Pension Law
  • 2002 – The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  • 2001 – Bar admission (Antwerp, Belgium)
  • 1997 – Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 1997 – University of Antwerp (UA) – Master of Laws

Insights by Elke

On your radar | Issue 30

29 Oct 2025 2 min read

New rules apply to employee investigations – employers must act now

13 Mar 2025 3 min read

On your radar | Issue 27

30 Jan 2025 2 min read

On your radar | Issue 26

31 Oct 2024 2 min read
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