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Birgit Vogt-Majarek started as partner at Burgstaller Preyer 2024 which is a boutique law firm in Vienna specializing in employment law and the newly appointed Austrian Ius laboris member on October 1, 2024.

She constantly advises and represents domestic and foreign, private as well as public companies in all issues of individual and collective employment law, as well as in corporate law and administrative law. Furthermore she advises executives from the preparation of the contract to its termination. She has a strong expertise amongst others in corporate restructurings, industrial constitution law, cross-border staff assignment, compliance, working time law as well as data protection.

Birgit Vogt-Majarek is board member of Ius laboris, a unique international alliance of specialized employment law firms (www.iuslaboris.com), whose only Austrian member Burgstaller & Preyer is.

Also due to this role and longstanding partnership with Ius laboris Birgit Vogt-Majarek has great expertise in cross border employment law cases and constantly cooperates with international groups of companies or supports them with their market entrance in Austria.

Birgit Vogt-Majarek was founding partner of Schima Mayer Starlinger (www.sms.law). For more than ten years with KSW and SMS she jointly headed the employment department, being one of the biggest in Austria, with Georg Schima.

Publications

She is a sought-after author and lecturer on various employment law and HR-related topics in scientific magazines and other media; most recently she has been publishing on working time laws, discrimination and internal investigations.

Professional Memberships

Austrian Bar Association; Member of EELA European Employers Association

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Birgit Vogt-Majarek assists Austrian and international clients with matters including restructurings, remuneration and company pension schemes and terminations. She frequently represents employers in connected litigation. She joined Burgstaller & Preyer from SCHIMA MAYER STARLINGER in October 2024.

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