Employment

Bernhard Hainz

Bernhard Hainz is a partner at CMS in Vienna and head of the specialist Employment and Pension Law Department. Bernhard Hainz is one of the leading specialists in Austria and for more than 30 years has primarily advised companies in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including the negotiation of collective agreements, works agreements, social plans, disputes with works councils and employees, service agreements and dissolution agreements as well as pension and pension fund matters. As a result of his previous position as an assistant at the Vienna University Institute for Employment Law and Social Law, Bernhard Hainz and his team combine high-level academic qualifications with many years of practical legal experience. In addition, Bernhard Hainz has expertise in the area of art law and in this connection he represents artists and art institutions both nationally and internationally.

Georg Schima

Partner

Christoph Wolf

Christoph Wolf is a partner at CMS and heads the employment and pensions team together with Bernhard Hainz. For over 15 years he has been particularly advising companies with respect to judicial and extra-judicial labour law matters, including the implementation of restructuring measures, negotiating works agreements and redundancy plans as well as settling disputes with works councils and employees.  An additional focal point of his work revolves around providing support to former state-owned companies, as well as dealing with various labour law-related issues in the area of compliance projects. He also advises clients on legal issues concerning the international secondment of staff as well as all labour law topics relevant in the field of compliance. In addition, Christoph Wolf has served and continues to serve as a lecturer at the University of Vienna, the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the Danube University Krems as well as the Medical University of Vienna.

Isabel Firneis

Counsel, specialising in extrajudicial advice and employment litigation, with a special focus on restructuring, executive agreements and employment contracts as well as cross-border issues.

Lisa Kulmer

Senior Associate

Daniela Krömer

Daniela Krömer is an attorney-at-law in the field of Labour Law and EU Law. She has been a member of the Employment Law Team at CMS since 2013. In addition to standard employment law advice, she also supports clients primarily in matters of European employment law, for example in the area of cross-border employment of workers, in particular in the area of wage and social dumping, as well as in questions of equal treatment.

Christopher Peitsch

Co-Head of the Employment Department, partner with CERHA HEMPEL Practice areas: Employment Law Litigation Judicial expertise Full spectrum of employment related litigation cases Administrative proceedings relating to employment law Sought for his strategic advice based on his long-standing court experience

Teresa Waidmann

Partner

Thomas Angermair

Partner

Jana Eichmeyer

Jana Eichmeyer heads the Employment Law and Dispute Resolution practice groups. She advises and represents clients in contentious proceedings, settlement discussions, and in all aspects of labor and social security law. Her expertise is particularly sought after in restructuring measures, executive employment contracts, works constitution matters, and all issues of employment and civil litigation. She also advises clients during due diligence and transfers of business. She regularly lectures on civil and employment law topics, including at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, and has authored numerous publications on employment law.

Anna Mertinz

Partner

Angelika Pallwein-Prettner

Partner, specialised in employment and data protection law.

Ralf Peschek

Partner; specialised in Agreements with Executives, Austrian and Eastern European Employment Law, Contracts, Corporate, Litigation and Representation Before Governmental Authorities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Pension & Benefits, Restructuring and Rationalisation Measures.

Matthias Unterrieder

Partner; specialised in Employment Law in Austria and CEE/SEE, cross-border staff assignements, reorganisations, management contracting.