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“Whatever needs to be implemented in the field of labor law, we will find the right solution for your company and support you until the end of the project.”
Our Areas of Practice
Consulting & Compliance
Tax, Social Security & Pension
Compensation & Benefits
Transactions & Restructuring
Litigation & Investigation
Education & Training
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Consulting & Compliance
We are the day-to-day partner of our clients’ management, HR and legal departments when it comes to every aspect of labor and employment law. In particular, the members of our team have vast experience advising our international clients on their operations. From drafting employment agreements reflecting the market practice, implementing background checks, establishing thorough performance management systems to preparing disciplinary actions and individual redundancy scenarios, we support our clients in all of their needs. We advise our clients on all aspects of legal compliance with the applicable laws from employee data protection to workplace safety. Our lawyers also handle global workforce migration, both inbound and outbound. We help our clients protect their business secrets in separation scenarios or while performing sensitive internal investigations. Our teams have extensive experience in handling works councils and unions with the goal of establishing sustainable relations between management and employee representatives.
Compensation & Benefits
The war for talent is in full swing. Innovative solutions are therefore needed for market-driven remuneration and industry-appropriate benefits. Our specialists can support you in every aspect of this, whether it's share-based remuneration or long-term alternative compensation structures. We are also familiar with innovative benefits such as unlimited vacation or “workation”.
Transactions & Restructuring
We have longstanding experience advising our clients on their domestic or international mergers, acquisition and spin-off projects. We perform HR and employment law-related due diligence processes and advise our clients on relevant issues. We identify potential non-compliance risks and prepare suitable solutions. We also assist with structuring transactions under the acquired rights directives including any information, consultations and co-determination steps with employee representatives. We also advise on employee data privacy in transactions.
Small- to large-scale restructurings are part of our core practice. We assist our clients with planning and executing complex reorganizations related to their workforce within legal guidelines. Our teams know the latest legal developments and assist finding suitable and practical solutions for our clients’needs. We are able to act under significant time pressure and respond quickly when our clients need to execute lay-offs or other types of reorganizations. Our lawyers have strong experience negotiating such projects with the works councils and unions and regularly advise and guide our clients through the often very complicated co-determination process.
Litigation & Investigation
Our litigation and trial teams rely on significant and longstanding experience in defending our clients’ interest in courts or arbitration tribunals. We represent our clients in proceedings with authorities and administrative bodies, in major corporate lawsuits as well as individual cases. We have resolved numerous lawsuits related to wrongful termination, compensation, protected leaves, discrimination, harassment or unequal treatment by winning or settling the matters. In order to protect our clients’ public image, we manage litigation matters with due discretion. We protect our clients’ businesses in court when it comes to business secrets or unfair competition. Our teams also handle delicate matters related to white-collar crimes or other criminal activities as well as legal non-compliance by individuals. We have experience protecting our clients’ businesses in matters related to works councils and unions, especially on disputes regarding collective bargaining agreements and strikes.
Our lawyers also have vast experience in internal investigations and support clients in their investigations or conduct investigations as independent external investigators.
Education & Training
Our lawyers give employment law seminars and trainings on topics ranging from equal treatment and opportunities matters to mitigating risks of discrimination and harassment.