Employment Law
We have one of the largest and highest-capacity employment law practices in the German market. While the focus of our advisory services is on collective employment law, we are also very competent advisors in the area of individual employment law. And something very unusual for a large law firm: we have a long tradition of providing top quality advice in all areas of employment law, not only in the context of transactions – even though it goes without saying that we also provide transaction advice with great expertise. Our many years of experience help us ensure that our clients in both the private and the public sector receive efficient and excellent advice.
The large size of our team means that we have significant capacities in the area of employment law and, therefore, can respond at any time, even at very short notice, to an increased demand for advice. It further means that our clients can benefit from a very broad range of advisory services and that we are also in a position to cover all special areas of employment law, such as collective bargaining law, company pension schemes or the protection of employee data, and to provide an appropriately qualified lawyer at any time.
Each company has a unique identity and culture, which is why our advisory services are tailored to suit your needs. Our team provides great legal and economic expertise and is able to develop a thorough understanding of the special operational needs of your company. We advise you at a national and international level because comprehensive employment law advice often requires taking into account EU law and European jurisprudence, and also because issues involving international aspects account for an increasingly larger share of the advisory services rendered. With our offices in Europe and Asia and our international network of partner law firms, we are very well positioned worldwide.
Our approach to solving problems includes carrying out a legal assessment taking into account the economic goals, the practical feasibility of possible solutions, and the question of whether these solutions can be communicated to the workforce, the owners and the public. Only then can we develop the ideal solution for all employment law issues together with you and successfully implement this solution on a long-term basis at your company.
Our range of advisory services
- Advising on business restructurings, including the splitting, merging and closing of businesses
- Assisting with corporate restructurings, in particular, advising on matters relating to co-determination in supervisory bodies
- Providing advice in connection with transformations, for example, a company’s transformation into an SE or cross-border mergers, including conducting negotiations with employee representatives
- Advising on business transfers
- Providing insolvency employment law advice
- Negotiating with works councils
- Advising on co-determination issues, works agreements, reconciliation-of-interests agreements and social compensation plans
- Advising on arbitration committee proceedings
- Advising on the introduction of modern remuneration systems
- Advising on how to make working time models more flexible
- Drafting work rules, labour standards and working time models
- Drafting guidelines for the posting of employees
- Advising on matters pertaining to collective bargaining law, a change of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, company-specific bargaining agreements and supplementary collective bargaining agreements
- Negotiating with trade unions
- Litigating to avoid strikes
- Drafting employment and service contracts, of whatever kind
- Advising on the termination of employment contracts, the right to give notice, and cancellation agreements
- Advising on the liability of management board members and managing directors/D&O liability
- Advising on stock option plans and variable remuneration models
- Advising on employee invention law
- Litigation
- Advising on the protection of employee data
- Advising on the posting of employees, including drafting contracts for expats
- Advising on foreign employment law
- Designing, closing, modifying or restricting pension schemes
- Carrying out pension due diligence reviews and drafting contractual agreements in connection with transactions
- Developing and reviewing contractual trust arrangements (CTAs)
- Advising on the release from liability for pension obligations in liquidation contexts and upon business successions
- Advising on all further company pension issues, including as they relate to tax, accounting, insurance contract and insurance supervisory law
- Providing compliance advice with regard to social security law, in particular, assisting during audits by pension insurers
- Advising on whether an activity is subject to or exempt from mandatory social security contributions, in particular, carrying out proceedings to determine a person’s status for social security purposes
- Providing structuring advice (at national and international levels) and drafting contracts
- Advising employers on contributions and benefits law, in particular, on unemployment benefits, wage subsidy allowances during short-time work and pensions
- Advising on tax and social security issues in connection with personnel-related measures (outplacements, volunteering, social compensation schemes)
- Representing clients before public authorities and social courts
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Team Employment Law
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Su Su Htike
Associate
Yangon
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
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Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf,
Cologne
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne,
Essen
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart,
Dusseldorf
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore