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Biography

Chris Van Olmen is founding partner of the law firm Van Olmen & Wynant and head of the employment law practice. He is also co-founder and board-member of L&E Global, an integrated alliance of premier employment law boutique firms. Chris covers all aspects of employment and industrial relations, including employment-related issues connected to reorganisation and restructuring processes, collective dismissals and closures and individual and collective employment disputes, including litigation for the Belgian Labour Courts. His clients include national and international companies and top executives. Chris has been a speaker or moderator at numerous national and international seminars and conferences. Chris is listed as a leading individual in The Legal 500 (2019), in Chambers Europe (2019), in The International Who's Who of Management Labour & Employment Lawyers 2019 and in Best Lawyers (2019). Chris Van Olmen is past Chair of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee and is now Council Member of the Global Employment Institute of the IBA (International Bar Association). Chris is also a member of EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association) and of the American Bar Association (Labour and Employment Law Section).