About Bob
Bob van Leent specialises in Dutch employment law and advises both Dutch and international clients in topics ranging from classic employment matters to matters where corporate law and employment law converge, including but not limited to:
- Individual and collective dismissals (reorganisations) and buy-outs or engagements (with a particular focus on representing Dutch and international companies, board members and executives);
- Harmonisation of employment conditions;
- Advising companies in navigating employees’ incapacity for work (g. sickness);
- Advice and litigation regarding the reclassification of employment relationships;
- Designing and drafting incentive plans within (listed) companies;
- M&A transactions and advice on transfer of undertaking; and
- Advice on works council and employee participation / co-determination matters.
Bob has been with Lexence since 2026. He graduated cum laude for his LLM degree in Company Law from Erasmus University in 2020. Additionally, Bob graduated cum laude for his MSc degree in Economics and Business from Erasmus University in 2019, showing not only a clear understanding of law, but also his added value in applying law in the interests of the clients he advises.
After his occupation as an academic lecturer in corporate / company law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Bob was admitted to the Dutch Bar in 2021 and worked at A&O Shearman as an employment lawyer (of which a year and a half within the corporate M&A practice) before joining Lexence in 2026.
