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Building a Mothership Platform, One Location at a Time

Stephan Swinkels looks back on this career, his firm’s growth strategy, the evolution of employment law.
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International Employment Lawyer

Stephan Swinkels looks back on this career, his firm’s growth strategy, and what the future holds for employment lawyers.

Stephan reflects how “Employment law has moved into a much more central role within corporations, it’s incredible how fast things have changed.”

When looking to the future of employment law, especially the use of AI, Stephan emphasises that “you need to have adopted it and be working with it responsibly and effectively – everyone should be doing that by now.”

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