Linda Nekeman-IJdema is affiliated with ReulingSchutte as an MfN-registered mediator. She facilitates mediations in collaborative contexts, including employment disputes.
Before joining ReulingSchutte, Linda worked for twenty years in legal practice and at a major financial institution in various legal roles, specifically in the areas of employment law, remuneration policy in the financial sector, and HR-related corporate governance.
Linda has extensive experience in resolving complex partnership disputes, both in the Netherlands and internationally. Thanks to her background in both legal practice and the corporate world, she is familiar with the dynamics and interests involved in organizational conflicts, from the workfloor to board and supervisory levels.
In addition to her mediation practice, Linda has been a board member of the Legal Women Foundation since 2017 and serves as a supervisory board member at Groep Maatschappelijke Kinderopvang in Amsterdam. She is also Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Global Employment Institute (part of the International Bar Association). Furthermore, she regularly speaks and publishes, including on topics such as equal pay and equal treatment. She was also a long-standing member of a bipartite arbitration and advisory committee.
Linda mediates in both English and Dutch.
Publications and teaching/speaking engagements:
2026: “Sale of Shares,” short article as part of the Legal 100
2024: Speaker, “Global Trends in Employment Law and HR Practice” and “Advance of AI – Leave No One Behind” (focused on diversity and inclusion), IBA Annual Conference (Mexico)
2024: Lecturer, “Equal Pay in Theory and Practice,” LabourLawUnited
2024: Moderator, AVDR Late Night “Inappropriate Behavior,” Academy for Legal Practice
2024: Lecturer on equal treatment and equal pay, AOM (University of Amsterdam)
2023: Lecturer, “Equal Treatment,” Academy for Legal Practice
2023: Speaker, “Equal Pay in the Regulated Financial Sector,” European Networking Group (Barcelona)
2023: Speaker, “Multigenerational Workforce: Younger Generation Trends,” EELA Congress (Bucharest)
2022: Lecturer, “Equal Pay and Diversity: A World to Gain,” Academy for Legal Practice
2014 – present: Author, legal handbook SDU Commentary on Employment Law, Article-by-Article (General Equal Treatment Act)
