Jill Reijnen Husagic

Employment Managing Associate, Amsterdam

“I am an employment lawyer, with particular expertise in works councils and remuneration, advising clients on the employment law aspects of major corporate and M&A transactions and general employment matters. I aim to provide technically assured, commercially focused and practical advice that fits clients’ business requirements.”

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Published works

Overview

Jill is specialised in employment law and has extensive experience advising and representing employers in high profile transactions and employment law matters. She advises on the full range of employment issues, including works councils, transfers of employees, harmonisation of employment terms and conditions and individual and collective dismissals.

Work highlights

  • Unilever PLC: advising on the €4.5bn sale of the world’s leading tea business, a portfolio of 34 leading brands, 11 factories and three tea estates in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to CVC Capital Partners. 
  • An Asian based private equity fund: advising on their acquisition of Philips' Domestic Appliances Division. 
  • CarNext: advising on on the closure of Carnext’s operations in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Norway, France and Italy, including the Carnext headquarters in Amsterdam.
  • Visa: advising on its acquisition of The Currency Cloud Group Limited, a UK-based fintech company that provides innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments.
  • PwC International: advising on the PwC network's agreement to dispose of its Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services business (the GM Business) to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). 
  • Prysmian Netherlands B.V.: litigated against its works council on a dispute concerning shifts and working hours of factory workers.
  • Cerberus Capital Management: advising on the sale of its affiliate's interest in Worldwide Flight Services (“WFS”) to SATS (Asia’s leading provider of food solutions and gateway services) for an enterprise value of €2.25bn. 

Professional experience

Jill started her career in the Linklaters’ Employment practice in 2016. Her arrival has been a significant step towards strengthening the firm’s Employment practice in Amsterdam. Jill was promoted to Managing Associate in 2022.

Education and qualifications

Jill studied at Tilburg University and obtained a master’s degree in Laws, both in private law and employment law. Jill also studied for a semester at Bocconi University in Milan.

Published works

Recently Jill has (co-)authored:

J.J.M. Reijnen Husagić, ‘De Klokkenluidersrichtlijn: meer bescherming voor klokkenluiders?’, Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsrecht in Context 2021, 3.

‘Legislation on male-female ratio on boards and in management of Dutch companies’, Gijs Smit, Jill Reijnen Husagic (linklaters.com)