Danielle Pinedo
Biography
Danielle leads Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Amsterdam. Since 2007, Danielle advises multinationals and provides services across the entire spectrum of employment and employee participation law, with a specific focus on global employment projects, restructurings, establishment of employment and HR structures and remuneration plans and employment litigation.
Danielle is ranked both in Legal 500 and Chambers and has won several awards, amongst others, the Rising Star Europe Award recognizing future legal leaders, was nominated for the Legal Women of the Year Award and she is nominated for IEL Lawyer of the Year - Private Practice in 2026. In addition to her work for Baker McKenzie, Danielle regularly publishes and lectures, amongst others, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Practice Focus
Danielle focuses on advising multinational corporations on the full spectrum of employment law, with a particular emphasis on cross-border restructurings, post-acquisition integration, and compliance-driven workforce strategies. She has extensive experience managing collective dismissals, internal investigations, and employment-related litigation risk across multiple jurisdictions. Her client base spans industries such as consumer goods, life sciences, and manufacturing, where she supports legal and HR teams in navigating evolving regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act and global data protection laws.
Representative Legal Matters
As trusted adviser to boards of directors and works councils of multinationals, Danielle advises on the following:
- Reorganizations and collective dismissals (including negotiating collective labour agreements, social plans and conducting related legal proceedings)
- Employee participation law (providing guidance on the set up and execution of consultation procedures based on the Works Council Act and as conducting related legal proceedings)
- Employment consequences of mergers and acquisitions such as harmonization and integration of employment terms and conditions
- Outsourcing and its social consequences
- Dismissal of (statutory) directors
- Individual dismissals, disciplinary and grievance procedures and performance management
- International assignment and secondments, cross-border transfers of employees and global employment companies (GECs)
- Employment litigation
Professional Honors
- 'Rising Star', European Women in Business Law Awards, 2019 and 2020
- Nominee, 'Legal Woman of the Year', 2021
- Nominee, 'IEL Lawyer of the Year - Private Practice', 2026
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) (De Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten)
- Association for Employment Lawyers (Association Employment Lawyers Netherlands)
Corporate Responsibility
Admissions
- Amsterdam~Netherlands (2008)
Education
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Post Graduate Course Employment Law (Postacademische Leergang Arbeidsrecht)) (2013)
- University of Amsterdam (Employment Law, Cum Laude) (2007)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
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