Angelet Veldscholte

Attorney-at-Law - Amsterdam

Angelet Veldscholte is a lawyer at Pallas Advocaten, specialising in employment law and employee participation. She advises and represents national and international clients on a wide range of employment law matters.

As part of her employee participation practice, Angelet advises works councils as well as management boards and organisations. She assists clients with complex consultation and consent procedures, reorganisations and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and advises and litigates on legal and strategic matters relating to employee participation. Angelet also advises and assists employers on a broad range of individual employment law matters. In addition, she represents employees in employment-related matters, including senior executives and statutory directors.

Angelet combines legal acumen with an approachable and committed way of working. She takes the time to understand both the organisation and the people behind it, making complex employment law and employee participation matters clear and practical. Her approach extends beyond finding the right legal solution: she also considers the people involved, the relationships at stake and the longer-term outcome, whether providing an accessible sounding board or closely guiding clients through complex matters.

Angelet also looks beyond the legal issues of today. She keeps a close eye on developments that have a lasting impact on organisations and employee participation, including changing employment relationships, good governance and the role of employee participation within organisations. She translates this broader perspective into practical and strategic advice.

Angelet completed the Master’s programme in Business and Law at Utrecht University, specialising in Employment Law. For her Master’s thesis, she researched the position of Works Councils within international corporate group. Before joining Pallas Advocaten, she worked at several law firms.

Angelet also has first-hand knowledge of dismissal proceedings before the UWV (the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency), having previously worked there as a dismissal consultant. This experience gives her an inside understanding of the UWV dismissal procedure and enables her to guide clients through what can be a complex process.

Alongside her legal practice, Angelet regularly writes about developments in employment law and employee participation for various professional journals.

Angelet is a member of:

• the Netherlands Bar (NOvA);
• the Amsterdam Young Bar Association;
• the Association of Young Employment Lawyers (VJAA);
• the Dutch Association of Employee Participation Professionals (BVMP).

Angelet has registered the following areas of law with the Netherlands Bar:

• Employment Law
• Employee Participation Law

This registration requires her to obtain ten continuing education credits in each registered area of law, in accordance with the standards of the Netherlands Bar.