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 Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Robert Pacholski
Partner
Leipzig
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Salvatore Calcagno
Counsel
Stuttgart
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Rabe
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Counsel
Hamburg
Jana Anna Voigt
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Kathy Just
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen