Naomi Dempsey

Attorney-at-law | Counsel
Naomi Dempsey

Naomi Dempsey is counsel in both our Employment & Pensions and Supreme Court Litigation teams.

She has extensive experience with all aspects of employment law and civil litigation, ranging from collective and individual dismissal to pension related matters and co-determination.

As one of the few employment lawyers in the Netherlands, Naomi is also a member of the Dutch Supreme Court Civil Bar. She has unequalled experience in litigation before the Supreme Court and at all levels. Naomi litigates for clients and also acts as an internal and external adviser for other lawyers in important cases (including appeals), both employment and pension-related and otherwise.

  • Successfully represented ASR and subsidiary Aegon regarding a merger between Aegon and Optas in a complex and high-stakes Supreme Court pension related procedure on a EUR 2.5 billion claim.
  • Represented a large Dutch pension fund, Pension fund PGB, in high profile judicial proceedings against Booking.com, one of the largest travel companies in the world.
  • Assisted insurer EOC Onderlinge Schepenverzekering U.A. and its insured parties in a cassation appeal regarding jurisdictional questions in a damage limitation case following a collision between the insured vessel Perficio and the Humbeek Bridge in Belgium.
  • MJur (Oxford University)
  • LL.M. Civil Law (Leiden University)
  • Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2005

Expertise

Litigation
Business disputes can have a major impact on your organisation's reputation, continuity and financial position. Conflicts are becoming increasingly common due to growing regulation and social pressure. Shareholder disputes, contractual conflicts, directors' liability and collective actions invariably call for a well thought-out strategy and a thorough understanding of the sector.
Employment & Pensions
We provide strategic and decisive guidance to businesses on all employment law challenges with deep expertise and a sharp focus on results.
Supreme Court Litigation
Some cases are so complex or fundamental that they have to be taken to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court proceedings are conducted by specialist lawyers, known in the Netherlands as ‘cassation lawyers’.
Dutch Caribbean
Houthoff’s Dutch Caribbean experts advise on the laws applicable in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Pension challenges
With our multidisciplinary approach, we combine in-depth pension expertise with broad legal knowledge – delivering future-proof solutions to the pension challenges of today and tomorrow.

Recommended

Legal 500

Employment (2025 Edition)

Publications

5 September 2025
5 September 2025
Kansen in cassatie. Houthoff.
7 March 2024
7 March 2024
Cassation chronicle employment law 2023. TRA. (Dutch)
18 May 2023
18 May 2023
Cassatiekroniek arbeidsrecht 2020-2022. TRA. _x000d_
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