Trade secrets and employment law

Published

Dec 18 2019

Written By

I am a partner in our Employment team in Brussels, where I advise and represent our clients in a wide range of matters relating to employment and social security law.

Pieter De Koster

Head of Employment Belgium
Belgium

I am Head of Employment in our International HR Services group in Brussels with over 30 years' experience of advising on contentious and non-contentious issues in employment and benefits, including high profile employment litigation, boardroom advisory work, strategic change management, industrial relations, compliance and reward issues.

Practices

International HR Services

Countries

Belgium

Trade secrets are a vital asset to many companies. They are no longer secret recipes, formulas or intellectual property, but also fundamental information on pricing, business plans and client lists.

However, the threat to these trade secrets typically doesn't come from an external source or competitor, but rather from someone within the company.

Watch our presentation with senior associate Anton Aerts to learn:

why it's important to protect your organisation's trade secrets from an employment law perspective
what preventive measures you can take, and
what to do when a key employee who with knowledge about the company's trade secrets moves to the competitor