Johan has more than 30 years of experience and is specialized in international labour law, including immigration, posting of workers and subcontracting. He also deals with special categories of workers (sportsmen, healthcare professionals, protected workers).

He assists and defends foreign and Belgian companies in various fields of employment law (e.g. recruitment, dismissals, employee benefits, well-being at work, privacy) and collective labour law (transfer of undertakings, outsourcing, collective dismissal, etc.).

Johan is also a guest professor in labour law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

He works in Dutch, French and English.

• Collective dismissal and closure of a leading clothing company

• Defence of a client in a discrimination case

• Assisting several pharmaceutical companies in dealing with their day-to-day employment law issues

• European restructuring of a foreign listed company

• Assistance and defence of the management of a company in the context of a criminal investigation regarding possible violations of the provisions on well-being at work following an industrial accident

• Assistance and defence of a manager in court proceedings for moral harassment at work

• Various procedures in the context of the dismissal of protected workers

• Social negotiations in the context of a judicial reorganization procedure

• Assistance to an international bank in the restructuring of its various activities in Belgium, opting for a multi-employer approach

Education :

• Master's degree in criminological sciences (VUB 1988);

• Master of laws (VUB 1993);

• Advanced Master in social law (VUB 2000).

Bar : Brussels

Leaders League

• J. KERREMANS, “Informatie en raadpleging in het Wetboek Economisch recht” in K. Nevens, K. Salomez, E. Timbermont en G. Van Limberghen (ed) Liber Amicorum Wilfried Rauws, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2019;

• J. KERREMANS, “Ondernemingen in moeilijkheden, arbeidsrechtelijke aspecten in het licht van boek XX WER” in J. Derammelaere (ed), Ondernemingen in moeilijkheden, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2019;

• J. KERREMANS, “Sociaal statuut van de sportbeoefenaar” in B. AMEYE en J. KERREMANS, “Sport en fiscus”, Kluwer, 2016;

• J. KERREMANS, “Inzake antikoppelbaasreglementering” in I. ARTESCHENE en N. PORTUGAERS (ed.) Duiding: Bouwrecht, Gent, Larcier, 2015;

• J. D’HERDT en J. KERREMANS (ed.) Wet en Duiding: sportrecht, Gent, Larcier, 2013;

• J. KERREMANS, “Zorginstellingen en arbeidsrecht”, in D. FORNACIARI, T. GOFFIN en S. TACK (ed.) Wet en Duiding: zorginstellingen in diverse taken van het recht, Gent, Larcier, 2013;

• J. KERREMANS, “Afwijkende opzeggingstermijnen voor arbeiders” in C. BAYART en D. CUYPERS (ed), De IPA-wet en het Belgisch ontslagrecht, Brugge, die Keure, 2012.