Corporate; Employment; Finance; Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Global Employment Law; Compliance; Diversity, Discrimination and Equal Pay; Protecting Business Assets; Workforce Restructuring and Outsourcing; Employment Litigation and Dispute ResolutionEmployee and Labor Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Life Sciences; Technology

Partner; Chair, International Employment practice

Ute Krudewagen focuses on providing multinational companies with solutions to the challenges presented in managing a global workforce. In addition, she counsels companies on employment issues triggered by cross-border transactions.

Her vast experience includes advising on global background checks, employment and independent contractor agreements, discrimination and harassment claims, social media issues, global policies and procedures, non-compete and proprietary information agreements, works council and union issues, codes of conduct and social responsibility, workplace privacy, employee assignments and global mobility programs, global employment issues in connection with Covid-19, global reductions in force and cost-saving initiatives, restructurings and severance and retention plans.

Ute also counsels global employers on the issues associated with transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, post-acquisition integrations and tax restructurings. She has successfully addressed employment issues in transactions with workforces in more than 60 jurisdictions in one transaction, with deal values ranging from US$2 million to more than US$60 billion, including negotiation and drafting of the deal agreement, employee transfers, consultations with unions and works councils, benefits harmonization, interim operating models and acquisition-related downsizings.

Her experience includes advising both emerging growth companies and Fortune 500 companies across a wide spectrum of industries and jurisdictions across the globe, including technology/software, fashion/retail, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, energy, manufacturing and distribution, energy, as well as banking and finance.

German; Spanish; English

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/EU and CIPP/US), International Association of Privacy Professionals; Co-Editor in Chief, International Labor & Employment Laws, Bloomberg Law; HR Certification Institute, Global Professional in Human Resources; Law Society of England and Wales, Non-practicing member

LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; J.D., University of Cologne; Dr. iur., University of Cologne