Guus Wife

Guus has been a lawyer at La Gro Geelkerken attorneys since 2023. Before that, he worked for four years at a medium-sized law firm in Leiden. Guus specializes in employment law and is mainly concerned with both individual and collective dismissal, co-determination and the establishment of conditions of employment. Besides conducting an advisory practice, he litigates for clients where necessary and also gives seminars. Guus is a committed lawyer and has an eye for both the interests of the client and the other party, which enables him to find a solution for complex legal disputes. In his spare time, Guus runs with visually impaired people and does fitness.

Expertise

• Labor law
• Employee participation law

Background and additional activities

• 2019, Leiden University (Master's degree in employment law)
• 2017-2018, Honours Class (Master Labor Law)
• 2017-2018, Board of the Leiden study association (labor law SLN)
• 2017, Leiden University (Bachelor of Law)
• 2017, Leiden University (Bachelor of Notarial Law)
• Member of the Hague Employment Lawyers Association
• Member of the Young Bar Association at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands

Recent cases

• Employment law: including counseling both employers and employees on employment law issues in a broad sense, including individual and collective dismissal cases, co-determination and the establishment of terms and conditions of employment.

Publications

• European measures against pay discrimination: an important role for the Dutch works council, Tijdschrift Arbeidsrechtpraktijk 2022/2 (Feb. 21, 2022)
• Corporate co-determination: the client council in the lead, should the works council follow?, Tijdschrift Recht en Arbeid 2020/87 (Nov. 9, 2020)