Misha Breur is an employment, corporate and contract lawyer. He assists clients who consciously choose expert legal guidance and need clarity, direction and a realistic approach. When interests conflict and uncertainty prevails, he helps clients regain control.

Misha works with his clients towards the best possible solution. He combines specialist expertise with a strategic approach and always keeps the ultimate goal in view: an outcome that is legally sound and workable in practice.

Background

Misha began his career in business rather than private legal practice. He worked as an in-house lawyer for a business association in the Port of Amsterdam and subsequently at AWVN. There, he learned how employment relationships, entrepreneurship and collective interests work in practice.

He began dealing with complex collective bargaining issues early in his career. In 1999, he was responsible for drafting Unilever's new collective labour agreement. That experience remains an important foundation of his employment law practice.

In 2000, he moved into private legal practice. The combination of business experience and legal depth continues to shape his approach today.

Practice areas

Employment law

Misha advises and litigates on employment matters for employers and employees alike. His work includes reorganisations, dismissal processes and employment disputes. Together with the client, he determines a realistic goal and a clear strategy to achieve it, continually considering the underlying relationships and longer-term consequences.

Corporate law

In corporate law, Misha focuses primarily on shareholder disputes and the position of statutory directors. These matters closely intertwine legal rules, commercial interests and personal relationships. Misha helps clients establish an overview, make strategic decisions and work towards a solution that does justice to all interests.

Contract law

Contract law is also an established part of Misha's practice. He advises on the formation, interpretation and performance of agreements and litigates when arrangements come under pressure. Clear agreements underpin cooperation. Where disputes arise, Misha uses his expertise to provide clarity and, where necessary, enforce the agreements.

How he works

Misha believes legal guidance has real value only when clients understand what is happening and why. He explains his reasoning, discusses possible routes and makes the consequences of choices clear.

Together with the client, he determines a realistic goal and a clear strategy. Wherever possible, he seeks discussion and a settlement. If that is unsuccessful, he litigates effectively and efficiently. For him, proceedings are a means to a final and fair resolution, rather than an end in themselves.

After a case, clients should be able to move forward with clarity, control and the sense that everything necessary has been done.

Additional roles and memberships

Alongside his legal practice, Misha Breur serves as a deputy appeal court judge at the 's-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal. He is also a member of the members' council of the Samenwerking BA housing cooperative.

He is a member of the Dutch Bar Association and the Dutch Employment Lawyers Association (VAAN).

Registered practice areas

Misha Breur has registered the following main practice areas and subareas in the Dutch Bar Association's register of practice areas:

• Employment law
• Law of obligations

This registration requires him to obtain ten continuing education credits each calendar year in every registered main practice area, in accordance with the Dutch Bar Association's standards.