Employment
In many cases, a company’s greatest asset are its employees. Strategic workforce planning, personal leadership and contact with workers’ representatives are therefore crucial to the overall success of a business or transaction. Risk assessment is another important factor when dealing with hiring, dismissal, restructuring, employee adjustments and commercial transactions. The employment team advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of employment law. Our employment lawyers have extensive experience in all areas of individual and collective labour law including cross-border issues.
The employment law team specialises in:
- Restructuring and rationalisation measures as well as employee adjustments, including outsourcing and post-restructuring legal support;
- Closing down or disposal of businesses and companies, negotiations on reconciliation of interests agreements or redundancy programmes with the works council (including negotiations with the conciliation committee);
- Collective issues such as trade union recognition;
- Employment law aspects of corporate finance transactions (including due diligence);
- Documenting and negotiation of service and employment agreements as well as termination agreements;
- Documentation of pension schemes, stock option plans and flexible remuneration systems;
- Support of managing directors and heads of personnel in relation to day-to-day employment law issues;
- Advice on establishment of company pension schemes (also in case of liquidation);
- Employment litigation in the employment and social courts as well as ordinary courts.
See also our global employment and labour expertise page.