Employment boutique offering Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law offers comprehensive advice on all aspects of individual and collective employment law and advises German companies, global corporations and start-ups. With a sectoral focus on health, IT, financial services, logistics, services and the manufacturing industry, the team regularly handles matters pertaining to collective bargaining law, company pension schemes and corporate co-determination. Practice head Tobias Pusch frequently acts within a restructuring context and thus assists with negotiations of collective bargaining agreements, reconciliations of interests and social plans, while Georg Annuß impresses with his advice to board members and executives. Expertise in out-of-court dispute resolution, litigation and insolvency-related issues complement the offering. The team recently underwent some personnel changes: Katrin Scheicht (financial services and automotive sectors), Anna Martin (healthcare and energy sectors) and Marius Fritzsche (restructuring, transaction-related employment support) left the team in March 2024 to found ELP. However, Walter Born joined from Covington & Burling LLP in October 2024 and is well versed in works constitution law and operational changes.
Testimonials
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- 'PWWL has been a very reliable partner for us for years. Due to the large number of topics, we have already had the opportunity to get to know many team members in their respective specialist areas. It is remarkable how well the PWWL team communicates with each other in order to be able to provide the client with maximum service. To clients, there is a main contact who organises the service behind the scenes. Even unusual requests are fulfilled quickly and to a high standard with optimal client orientation.'
- 'The firm is an excellent partner for us, with very good expertise and commercial tact. The entire team works in a solution-oriented manner and response times, especially in comparison with other law firms, are very fast.'
Key clients
- 4flow SE
- bofrost Dienstleistungs GmbH & Co.KG
Work highlights
- Advising Ludwig Görtz Group in matters related to its insolvency, which affected 160 branches and 1,800 employees.
- Assisting Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH with matters related to a works council election on the possibility of implementing an alternative employee representation tailored to the needs of this institution instead of a one-size-fits-all works council.