Practice area
Employment Law
We advise employers on employment documentation, organisational change and staff negotiations, and represent them in resolving workplace disputes.
Meeting
Two professionals reviewing an employment contract
Calm, focused, daylight
Two professionals reviewing an employment contract
Calm, focused, daylight
Employment decisions affect businesses for years and require clear contractual footing before operational friction turns into a dispute.
We assist management and HR teams in day-to-day operations and during periods of change. Typical instructions include creating uniform contract standards, negotiations with works councils and senior departures.
Where employment matters touch corporate law, data protection or transaction projects, we work in-house with colleagues from those practices. This reduces coordination effort and brings all relevant aspects together.
Where employment matters touch corporate law, data protection or transaction projects, we work in-house with colleagues from those practices. This reduces coordination effort and brings all relevant aspects together.
Documents
Signed agreement open on desk with notes
Close-up, paper, factual
Signed agreement open on desk with notes
Close-up, paper, factual
What we advise on
01
Contracts and policies
We draft employment agreements, side letters and workplace policies, and adapt existing contract templates to changed requirements.
02
Co-determination
We assist in works council discussions, draft works agreements and provide counsel during reconciliations of interests and social plans.
03
Reorganisation
During corporate restructurings and operational changes, we plan workforce measures and implement each required legal step in an orderly manner.
04
Separations
We prepare termination agreements and dismissals, manage sensitive exit talks and mitigate liability before employment is terminated.
05
Directors & executives
We draft service agreements for managing directors and board members, covering appointments, bonus terms and exit settlements.
06
Court proceedings
If a dispute cannot be resolved, we represent employers before German labour courts in unfair dismissal and collective proceedings.
How a matter runs
Phase 01
Review
We review the employment records, relevant works agreements and the factual background. This gives a clear picture of risks, available discretion and legal courses of action.
Outcomes
Assessment of legal risks
Overview of practical paths
Recommended course of action
Phase 02
Drafting
We draft the necessary agreements, formal notices and board resolutions. During talks with the counterparty or the works council, we align every step closely with your leadership team.
Outcomes
Agreed contract drafts
Draft works agreements
Negotiation guidelines
Phase 03
Execution
We support the execution of agreements and delivery of formal notices, represent you in court where needed, and compile a clear summary of all deadlines and obligations for your records.
Outcomes
Signed agreements
Pleadings and hearing records
Implementation timeline
What we take on and what we don’t
✓ We take on
Employment advice and representation strictly on the employer side
✗ We don’t take on
Advice or representation for individual employees or workers
✓ We take on
Strategic guidance for workforce measures and works agreements
✗ We don’t take on
Routine payroll processing and social security administration as a separate service
✓ We take on
Coordination with specialists in corporate law, data protection and tax
✗ We don’t take on
Formal tax assessments of remuneration arrangements as such
From practice
Wholesale · Illustrative
5
Facilities restructured
Legal advice on operational restructuring, including a reconciliation of interests, social plan and works council talks.
Finance · Illustrative
45
Contracts harmonised
Revision of 45 employment contracts for senior staff and introduction of uniform remote work guidelines.
Medtech · Illustrative
8
Weeks to a settlement
Amicable separation negotiations for two managing directors without recourse to court proceedings.
Your team in this practice area
Partner · Frankfurt
Lena Brockmann
Employment Law · Dispute Resolution
Counsel · Hamburg
Nadia Kowalczyk
Real Estate · Employment Law
Associate · Berlin
Felix Wenzel
IT & Data Protection · Employment Law
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In a first conversation we clarify what is at stake, who at the firm is responsible and how the matter can be scoped sensibly.
For whom
For companies, shareholders and management teams who need a question answered or a decision secured.
Typical trigger
A transaction is coming up, a contract is being renegotiated or a dispute is taking shape. The earlier we are involved, the more room there is to act.