Employment law
We operate nationwide in all areas of employment law. Companies, managing directors, and employees regularly retain our services. We are known for our extensive expertise in employment law and our pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to advising clients. In court proceedings, we are known for our assertiveness. We represent clients before every German labor court, regional labor court, and the Federal Labor Court.
Our corporate mandates include listed companies as well as medium-sized and small businesses.
Human Resources Management
Numerous companies use us as their in-house legal department for employment law matters. We also have extensive experience in specialized areas such as hospital employment law and church employment law. We support companies particularly with
- Creation of sample contracts for the respective employee groups
- Company agreements
- Variable compensation systems
- Flexible working time models
- Employment law compliance
- Employer Branding
Drafting/negotiating employment and service contracts
We have extensive experience in drafting and negotiating employment and service contracts for managing directors and board members, executives and employees.
- Contract drafting (compensation components, duration, non-compete clauses, liability protection, change of control)
- Consultation during contract execution
Termination of employment and service contracts
Our core competencies include out-of-court and in-court representation as well as advising our clients in the following areas:
- Termination of employment contracts and service relationships by
- Termination
- fixed term
- Termination agreements
- Negotiation of severance packages
- Social law optimization of termination agreements
Litigation
As litigators, we represent the interests of our clients before the labor courts with extensive experience, tactics, and assertiveness.
- Employer
- management
- Employees
Works Constitution Law
We are professionals in all matters relating to works constitution law and know the rights and obligations of works councils.
- Support for works council elections
- Transfers
- Classifications
- Mandatory co-determination
- Preparations for talks and negotiations with the works council
- Drafting of company agreements
- Representation in the conciliation board
- Decision-making procedures at the labor courts
Restructuring
We are experienced and successful in supporting companies through restructuring measures.
- Development of plans up to implementation
- Negotiations with the works council
- Reconciliation of interests and social plan
- Mass redundancy notification
- Conducting unfair dismissal proceedings
International Labor Law
We regularly advise internationally active companies and executives on matters of international employment law. Our consulting services include, for example:
- Implementation and adaptation of regulations from foreign companies into German group companies (e.g., ethics guidelines)
- Advising foreign companies on German employment law
- Contract drafting for employee secondments abroad
The lawyers
Events
Current Employment Law
Federal Social Court: Clarification of bogus self-employment for managing directors of a one-person company