Our team

As an attorney Linda Couvreur advises Dutch and international clients with various matters in the field of employment law, such as:

• Settlement agreements
• Dismissal and redundancy
• Non-competition clauses
• Sickness and reintegration
• Employment contract review
• Salary claims
• Harassment, discrimination and other inappropriate behavior in the workplace
• Privacy in the workplace
• Employment of Managing Directors

Linda also represents clients in negotiations, mediation or in court proceedings.

Clients appreciate Linda for her professionalism, pragmatic approach and involvement. You can find customer reviews on our customer reviews page.

Linda obtained a master’s degree in Employment Law and a master’s degree in Internet, Intellectual Property and IT Law at VU University Amsterdam. For her master’s thesis she was awarded a thesis prize.

In 2018, after finishing her masters, she started her job as an attorney with a renowned law firm. Since 2021, Linda has continued her legal career as an attorney with Noordam Advocatuur. Noordam Advocatuur was founded in 1998 by the previous owner, Arnoud Noordam.

Linda has registered Employment Law as her legal practice area in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister). Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calender year in this legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar. Linda is also a member of the Young Employment Lawyers Association (Vereniging voor Jonge Arbeidsrechtadvocaten (VJAA)). 

Elske works two days a week as a legal secretary at our office. She is the first point of contact for clients together with Marit. Elske is cheerful, motivated and very enthusiastic to apply her knowledge in practice and gain new experiences as a legal secretary at Noordam Advocatuur.

Elske obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Law at Radboud University. Currently, she is pursuing both a Master of Laws in Private Law and Master of Laws in Internet, Intellectual Property, and ICT at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Elske also served as a treasurer at a legal advice center, which she also founded. This ignited her passion for the legal profession.

Marit works two days a week as a legal secretary at our office. She is the first point of contact for our clients, together with Elske. Marit is a real “happy egg” as we say in Dutch, someone who is always happy and always in for a nice chat, but Marit is also an inquisitive and hardworking student.  

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Criminal Law from the University of Amsterdam and, as if that is not enough, she is currently getting a Master’s degree in Private Law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also serves as a board member of the study association M.P. Vrij.