Raue's employment law repertoire spans restructuring and reorganisation, including negotiations on collective agreements, reconciliations of interests and social plans, as well as compliance, employee data protection, New Work and company pension schemes. Issues in the latter segment are often handled by Judith Heyn. She jointly heads the team with Sascha Herms, who frequently covers issues pertaining to social security law. Litigation expertise complements the team's advisory offering.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Broad experience in employment law; prepare for negotiations in detail; skilful but also pragmatic in negotiating; very easy to reach; deputising in the team works excellently; high level of commitment; fair invoicing.'

  • 'Gernod Meinel: Highly experienced partner and team leader; recognizes situations and moods immediately and reacts accordingly; keeps an overview and calm even in hectic phases; excellent networker who has usually met representatives of the opposing party several times.'

  • 'Jakob Degen: Outstanding; exceptionally experienced and excellent advisor.'
  • 'The team around Gernod Meinel is a very well-equipped team that offers very good employment support in all areas. It is a pleasure to work with colleagues; always to the point, always innovative and very well positioned conceptually (tactical and strategic procedural considerations).'

Key clients

  • Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
  • Kliniken Nordoberpfalz
  • E.V.A. GmbH
  • Labor Berlin GmbH
  • Omnicare Beteiligungen GmbH
  • Berliner Ensemble GmbH
  • BT Berlin Transport GmbH
  • BVG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
  • Doctari GmbH
  • Hochland SE/Hochland Deutschland GmbH
  • IHK Berlin
  • Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Stiftung Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (DHZB) und Unter-stützungskasse DHZB
  • Walter de Gruyter GmbH
  • DocMorris N.V.

Work highlights

  • Employment advice to German Heart Center Berlin on the realignment of the foundation in all legal areas, including the introduction of a new pay structure following the replacement of in-house collective agreements.
  • Advising Kliniken Nordoberpfalz in the context of its restructuring, including employment law compliance.
  • Advising EVA GmbH (SimplyV) on business transfers with negotiations on reconciliation of interests and social plan.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Judith Heyn, Sascha Herms

Other key lawyers

Gernod Meinel, Jakob Degen