Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Areas of practice
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann advises national and international companies on digital change issues, as well as on the preparation and implementation of restructuring, outsourcing and staff adjustment measures. She has great expertise in all areas of employment law, with a particular focus on providing employment law advice on mass dismissals, negotiating reconciliation of interest agreements, social compensation plans and collective reorganisation agreements and dealing with the employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. In addition to this focus area, she also advises on remuneration and employment compliance systems (data security, health and safety at work, managers’ liability, working with subcontractors and suppliers).
Vita
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann studied law in Bonn and Cologne (both Germany) and carried out part of her legal training in Singapore. From 2010 to 2019, she worked as an employment lawyer in the Cologne office of Osborne Clarke and most recently as a Partner at Andersen.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Handbuch 2019/2020: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Labour Law" (first listed in 2017/2018, "competent, collegial and goal-oriented", competitor)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommended in "City Focus Berlin"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2022: Recommended in "Labour Law"
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in "Labor and Employment Law" (first recommended in 2021)
Publications
Blog posts
Lectures
Memberships
- Employment Law Committee of the Cologne Bar Association
- Employment Law Working Group of Deutscher Anwaltsverein (DAV)
- BITKOM Social Media Working Group
Partner
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Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf