Lawyer/associate partner
Koen Vermeulen is a lawyer at GMW advocaten and associate partner. He specialises in employment law, employee participation law and pension law. He has more than twenty years of experience in these areas and advises on a wide range of employment law matters.
His practice includes matters relating to dismissal, employee participation and pension schemes. He assists companies, organisations, institutions and individuals.
In addition to his practice, Koen regularly publishes and teaches, driven by his academic interest in employment law. He teaches, among other things, collective labour law at the Employment Law Specialisation Course organised by Leiden University.
Koen acts with a (pro)active commitment to his client’s interests. Even when multiple parties or conflicting interests are involved, Koen maintains his focus on the broader picture.
27 August 2026
Works council and right of consent for changes to home working policy
Around the summer of 2025, two judgments were published on a highly topical issue: changes to home working policy. From the United States, a trend seems to be spreading to the Netherlands in which companies are trying to force employees to work from the office more often, or even full-time.
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13 August 2026
New Act on Transfer of Undertakings in Bankruptcy (WOVOF): consequences for employees and restart entrepreneurs
Some time ago, a blog was published on our website about the protection of employees in a restart following bankruptcy. It was relevant then and remains a topical issue now, as the Act on the Transfer of Undertakings in Bankruptcy (Wet Overgang van Onderneming in Faillissement, WOVOF) is approaching.
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29 June 2026
Pension compensation: a hot topic
Exactly one year ago, I wrote a blog about the impact of dismissal on eligibility for pension compensation from a pension provider.
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