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About Us

Welcome to Milestone Advocaten. We specialise in employment law and we can assist and advise you on mediation. Our lawyers are specialists and our expertise comes from years of experience.

We stand for personal service with clear advice and a practical approach. Using our extensive and up-to-date knowledge, we make a detailed analysis before we start. We then work with you to determine the best and most efficient strategy.

We strongly believe in the power of cooperation and knowledge sharing. That is why we work closely with service providers in other fields, such as civil-law notaries, tax and corporate finance advisors and accountants throughout the country. Milestone Advocaten is also often involved in international issues. We are a member of Warwick Legal Network (WLN), an international network of independent law firms in 30 countries providing high-quality legal services.

Milestone Advocaten is centrally located with offices in the middle of the country, in Utrecht and Amersfoort.

Would you like to get to know Milestone? Then don’t hesitate. Call us, or fill in our contact form and we will contact you!

Mediation is often an effective and rapid method to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved without the substantial costs, time and stress of a court procedure. Both parties jointly reach a successful solution instead of recourse to a court hearing with only one winner. Milestone can assist in obviating potential employment conflict situations. Mediation is always strictly confidential. This means that the contents of the mediation can not be used against the other party in litigation, in the unlikely event that no solution is reached. During a mediation all interests of the parties can be brought forward and taken into account. Consequently also non-legal aspects can become part of the solution.

Caroline van der Zwet is a very experienced mediator and registered as such with the MfN (Mediation Federation Netherlands). She can be readily contacted for more information on this aspect. She is also a member of the NVVMA (Dutch Association of Mediation Lawyers).

working method

Milestone Advocaten is the name of the partnership between Milestone Van der Zwet, Milestone Vlaskamp Advocaten and Milestone Andreae. The two legal entities and sole proprietorship each run a law practice for their own account and risk. Together this partnership presents itself under the name Milestone Advocaten. They have additionally formed a cost partnership called Milestone Advocaten. The performance of work for a client (the Client) always involves a contract of engagement between the Client, on the one hand, and the Contractor, on the other, being either Milestone Van der Zwet B.V., Milestone Vlaskamp Advocaten B.V., or Milestone Andreae.

general terms & conditions

Our general terms and conditions are applicable to all assignments carried out by Milestone Advocaten. You can download the terms here.

complaints procedure

Milestone Advocaten endeavours to provide high quality service. In the unlikely event that you are not satisfied with the quality of the services provided, or the amount of a fee statement, we kindly request you notify us of your complaint. We will handle your complaint within a reasonable period of time in accordance with our complaints procedure, which you can download here.

We have been working with Milestone Advocaten for many years and mainly contact them with respect to employment issues (works council issues, the reorganisation of our Customer Contact Center etc.). We experience the cooperation as very cordial. We appreciate their practical approach, their proactive thinking and their knowledge of our organisation. They are quite often able to help us with a few simple tips. We are very pleased with their quick advice, especially when we have questions on the spot.
Helen Stolwijk
Manager Human Resources CTS Eventim Nederland B.V.
Since 2012 Saltro has regularly relied on Milestone Advocaten. We find the cooperation with Milestone very pleasant, proactive and personal. We appreciate their high level of expertise. The lawyers of Milestone consider a case not only as a commercial assignment but they think strategically and reach a good outcome for all parties involved.
Esther Talboom
CEO / HR director Saltro
Ceva has been working with Milestone for several years now. Their legal expertise combined with a practical approach is of great value to us. The lawyers of Milestone have a good understanding of our organisation and are involved in relevant developments within our business so that they are always able to effectively advise us with respect to employment law issues.
Ralf de Wit
Director HR Benelux Ceva Logistics
We have been working with Milestone Advocaten for many years now. The lawyers always quickly provide us with good advice, whether it`s employment law, pension law, employee participation law or corporate law issues. They are easy to approach, pragmatic and they think in solutions. It is pleasant to work with them and our relationship is based on mutual trust. Moreover, the lawyers of Milestone operate efficiently and in a cost-conscious manner.
Tom Oostrom
Director Nierstichting
I like to work with Milestone Advocaten because of their broad experience and high level of expertise. They work quickly and carefully and always give us clear and practical advice.
Robert Knoester
Vice President Global Human Resources Genmab