Employment law boutique Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, which operates from six German locations, offers comprehensive advice on all individual and collective employment issues and hereby focuses on the financial services, IT, healthcare, energy, logistics, manufacturing and service industries; in addition to established companies, the group also advises start-ups. Verena Braeckeler-Kogel is among the key contacts for players in the financial services and insurance sectors, while Jan Rudolph is experienced in supporting automotive and chemical companies. The practice's thematical range is similarly broad and includes company pension schemes and co-determination management as well as HR compliance, restructuring, collective agreements, data protection and company agreements. Name partner Thomas Wahlig is an experienced advisor for transaction-related employment issues and practice head Tobias Pusch is adept in advising executives, while Jochen Keilich as well as of counsel Georg Annuß have deep expertise in assisting governing bodies. Thorben Klopp, who is experienced in restructuring and company constitution issues, joined the team in March 2023 from vangard | Littler.
Testimonials
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'PWWL always has its finger on the pulse and knows the regulations and scope for the IT industry. The collaboration is always on an equal footing and is simply fun!'
'The team actually works as a team - when assigning colleagues, we look at who has the best competence and capacity across locations. The internal coordination across Germany is very good and has no complications.'
Key clients
- Carglass GmbH
- CHECK24-Gruppe
Work highlights
- Advising Magna International Germany GmbH at several locations in Germany on adapting to the structural change in the automotive industry, including a reduction of 2,000 jobs and negotiations with IG Metall.
- Advising Ludwig Görtz Group (Ludwig Görtz GmbH, Görtz Retail GmbH, Görtz Logistik GmbH) on a comprehensive restructuring and insolvency employment law (closure of almost 80 branches).