Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
Band 1
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+49 221 77 160Chambers Review
CMS has a formidable team active across a range of industries, including automotive, TMT, transportation and manufacturing. The practice is well regarded for its cross-border capabilities, due to an impressive network of offices. Demonstrating prowess in corporate employment issues, the team is active on M&A transactions, post-merger integrations, restructuring and reorganisations. CMS offers further strength in compliance audits and new compensation models as well as incentive schemes. The team advises on transfer of employees and redundancy programmes and represents clients in employment litigation, as well as boasting experience in works council negotiations and collective bargaining mandates.
Work Highlights
- CMS advised utility company STEAG on employment and pension-related aspects of the separation of its group into a black coal division and a green growth division.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their speed and quality are really on a high level."
"They have profound expert knowledge of all legal topics we request support for."
"Their commercial awareness is very good, always excellent even, with very complex issues."
"Their speed and quality are really on a high level."
"They have profound expert knowledge of all legal topics we request support for."
"Their commercial awareness is very good, always excellent even, with very complex issues."
Notable Practitioners
Björn Gaul is highly regarded for his employment advice on restructuring mandates, including conversions to European stock corporations, mass redundancies, business integrations and transfers. He also assists with social plan negotiations and reconciliations of interests.
"He is very experienced and well known in the employment market."
Gerlind Wisskirchen advises clients on international reorganisations, including mass redundancies and international integrations. She also acts on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, such as the takeover of staff, outsourcing projects and works council negotiations.
"He has a smart brain and is nice to work with as well. He is a fair counterpart when it comes to negotiations."