Labour Law
Pragmatic, well-grounded advice based on business understanding, industry knowledge, practical experience and strong negotiation skills.
Our Approach to Labour Law
Practical solutions instead of legal formalism. We apply employment law in a clear and strategic way – supporting business success, reliable processes and strong leadership.
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Commercial Perspective
Our advice is not only legally sound but also commercially practical. We think ahead and advice the way businesses need it: pragmatic, goal-oriented and easy to implement.
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Expertise & Availability
Our team combines deep legal expertise with short response times. We value close personal exchange and remain readily available to our clients – delivering practical advice exactly when it is needed.
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Clarity & Efficiency
We minimise risks and create clear structures – also in communication.
Key Ares in Labour Law
We know the rules and the risks – and how to navigate them. As lawyers and entrepreneurs, we advise with a strong understanding of business realities. Our approach combines strategic perspective with a clear focus on practical, workable solutions for employers, owners and decision-makers.
With many years of experience, industry insight and strong implementation capabilities, we act as trusted advisors and strategic partners to our clients. We identify opportunities, anticipate risks and help turn ideas into practical, sustainable solutions.
Clear communication, high availability and fast response times are central to our work. We provide reliable day-to-day support and ensure confident communication with employees, works councils, trade unions and public authorities.
Our lawyers are annually recommended in the JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien.
Restructuring, Transformation & Transactions
- Strategic employment law advice in restructurings, reorganisations and corporate acquisitions
- Development of legally compliant implementation roadmaps, communication strategies and risk assessments
- Structuring and implementation of operational restructurings, including negotiations on works council agreements and social plans
- Advice on workforce reductions, site closures, relocations and collective redundancies
- Employment law due diligence, post-merger integration and transfers of undertakings
- Coordination with employee representatives and structuring of employment arrangements in asset and share deals
Advising Management, Executives & Board Members
- Drafting and negotiating managing director and management board service agreements
- Structuring and implementing legally compliant compensation and participation schemes
- Advice on separation processes, dismissals and termination agreements
- Guidance on personal liability, indemnification and D&O insurance
- Compliance and corporate governance advice for management and supervisory boards
Employment Contracts, Works Agreements & External Workforce
- Drafting and negotiating employment contracts, HR policies and works agreements
- Strategic advice on co-determination rights, conciliation boards and participation procedures, including support during negotiations and implementation
- Ongoing employment law advice – including acting as an external HR legal function
- Representation in individual and collective employment disputes
- Legally compliant structuring of service and work contracts as well as models for the engagement of external personnel
- Preventing bogus self-employment and unlawful employee leasing
- Review of existing engagement models for employment law risks
Collective Bargaining & Industrial Action
- Negotiation and drafting of collective bargaining agreements and company-level collective agreements
- Advice on changes in collective bargaining coverage, association exits and differentiation clauses
- Strategic advice and negotiations with trade unions
- Defence against unlawful strikes and related labour disputes
- Development of preventive strategies to avoid industrial action
Occupational Pensions & Retirement Schemes
- Structuring and legally compliant adjustment of occupational pension plans
- Advice on pension commitments, direct pension promises and support funds
- Development of phased retirement and early retirement arrangements
- Support in socially responsible workforce reductions and restructuring measures
- Negotiation of severance arrangements
Digital Transformation, Data Protection & Artificial Intelligence
- Strategic advice on the introduction and implementation of digital tools and systems
- Development of communication strategies for data protection and IT-related matters
- Drafting of works agreements on IT systems, artificial intelligence and data protection
- Implementation of data protection requirements in employment relationships
- Support in responding to data protection incidents and communication with supervisory authorities
- Strategies for the legally compliant processing of employee data and digital workplace processes
Compliance, ESG & Whistleblowing
- Development, implementation and review of employment law compliance frameworks, in particular regarding occupational health and safety and HR compliance
- Designing legally compliant processes to mitigate liability risks for companies, management and owners
- Strategic advice on ESG matters with an employment law dimension (health protection & new work, co-determination, ESG-compliance, diversity, equity and inclusion)
- Advice on pay transparency requirements and their implementation
- Design and implementation of whistleblowing policies
International Labour Law
- Strategic advice and support in all phases of company formations, international expansions and the establishment of branches and subsidiaries in Germany and abroad
- Advice on cross-border restructurings
- International assignments and secondments (including employee secondments, workations and international project assignments), covering contract drafting, tax and social security matters as well as compliance with the EU Posting of Workers Directive
- Close and long-standing cooperation with members of the global law firm network LawExchange International
Industry Overview
Healthcare
- Hospitals and Nursing & Care Facilities
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
Finance and Financial Services
- Banks and Financial Services Providers
- Private Equity
- Consulting Firms
- Service Providers
Industry and Manufacturing
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Chemicals
- Food & Beverage
Technology and Communications
- IT, AI & Technology
- Telecommunications
- Media
Infrastructure & Real Estate
- Logistics, Transport and Infrastructure
- Security
- Energy
- Real Estate
Consumer Goods & Leisure
- Consumer Goods
- Hospitality
- Sports & Leisure
Our Lawyers
Moritz Lindauer
Sophia Viktoria Pawlak
Katharina Regnath
Alexander Berndt
Julia Ranzinger
Sven Herweg
Michel J. Attenberger
Dr. Lorenz Mitterer
Dr. Johann Kurreck
Dr. Jens Kaspers
Dr. Jan Küpperfahrenberg
Dr. Barbara Putzhammer
Anna-Julia Quarg
