Epke specialises in employment law and was admitted to the Dutch Bar in 2003. Prior to this he was an employment lawyer for an insurance company. Epke's work covers general employment law  and he advises and litigates in connection with employment contracts, terms of employment, individual and collective redundancy, mergers and acquisitions, transfers of undertakings, employee participation, reorganisations, and competition clauses. His articles appear in specialist publications and newsletters, and he hosts a range of talks and seminars. He has also given guest lectures to students of the Sport & Law programme at VU University Amsterdam, and at Euroforum on flexible labour relations. Epke is the author of various publications, including several on reorganisations and competition clauses.

He has completed the postgraduate course in Dutch employment law (PALA: Post-Academische Leergang Arbeidsrecht) and is a member of the following associations: EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association), AIJA (L'Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats/International Association of Young Lawyers), VAAA (Vereniging van Arbeidsrecht Advocaten Amsterdam/Association of Employment Law Lawyers), VAAN (Vereniging van Arbeidsrecht/Employment Law Association), and the Sport & Law Association (Vereniging voor Sport en Recht). Besides that he is a lecturer at the "Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk".