The EU Data Protection Directive has given businesses and the authorities stringent requirements to comply with. They must have rules and procedures under control, and they must also be able to demonstrate how they handle personal data.

Julie Gerdes

Head of Employment & Labor Law, EY Law, EY Denmark

Specialist in employment law, labour law and personal data protection law. Competent advisor with a massive drive and who helps both businesses and organizations. Frequent speaker and columnist.

Areas of focus

Julie Gerdes is one of the leading specialists within the fields of employment law and personal data law in Denmark.

She has extensive experience in providing employment law and personal data law advice to Danish and international companies, organisations, regions, municipalities, and others, as well as specialist experience in the fields of compliance, GDPR, transfer of enterprises, harmonisation of terms of employment, termination, restructuring and privatisation, etc.

Julie also works with handling collective agreements, negotiation with professional organisations, data protection and handling mobile employees, secondments, cross-border work and cross-border employment, among others.

She has a past record of accomplishment at major Danish law firms and was also employed by the Danish Chamber of Commerce.

Julie has a Master of Laws from Aarhus University and has studied philosophy and finance at the University of Freiburg.

She is frequently used as a speaker and contributor at seminars and other similar occasions, and is a regular columnist at Dagbladet Børsen, where she writes weekly pieces about employment and labour law, plus personal data.

How Julie is building a better working world

“I assist companies in keeping track of labour and employment law. This legislation forms the basis for a functioning labour market. I also provide advice about personal data protection and GDPR rules, which ensures that businesses handle sensitive personal information correctly.

Julie's latest thinking