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Employment - Austria
What the Team is Known For
As an exclusive employment boutique law firm, ENGELBRECHT handles various mandates for clients from the public, financial, public service and health sectors. The team is particularly active in disputes regarding dismissals of employees, including senior management. Additionally, it assists companies with damages claims from former employees and represents clients in arbitration and court proceedings, further complementing the law firm's offering. The law firm represents organisations, corporations and individuals and also boasts expertise in working time arrangements and collective agreements.
Strengths
The team is highly specialised and very experienced in employment law issues.
The law firm can give pragmatic advice that is tailored to our business needs.
ENGELBRECHT has strong know-how and provides customers with personal access. The team knows what to do.
Notable practitioners
Highly experienced practitioner Helmut Engelbrecht remains a well-known employment law expert, often acting for clients on complex terminations. He further covers issues such as pension systems, work practices and corporate restructurings.
What I like is that he is very objective in all of his positions. He knows how to get to the core of the matter.
Helmut Engelbrecht enjoys a perfect reputation. He is client oriented and has good vision.
Helmut Engelbrecht's advice is precise and effective. He responds very quickly and is very experienced and specialised in employment law.
Maria Schedle is particularly active in termination proceedings and data protection issues, representing well-known organisations from the corporate, social and financial services sectors. She also acts for individuals and advises on collective agreements.
We are very satisfied with her performance and the results she achieves.
Maria Schedle always brings every point in the right order. She is well prepared and organised for cases.
I like how calm she is but also how she stands up for the client.