LUTZ | ABEL RECHTSANWALTS PARTG MBB's employment practice regularly receives instructions to advise on restructuring and reorganisation as well as on issues relating to New Work, digital transformation, employee participation programs and the restructuring of working time models, while advice on compliance, whistleblowing, the use of external personnel and management consulting represent other mainstays. Henning Abraham leads the team and complements this offering with expertise in works constitution law and transaction support.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The Lutz Abel team is a perfect fit for us because they are very competent and respond very quickly to our requests. They support us both locally and internationally.'

  • 'Outstanding specialist knowledge, flexibility in thinking, adaptation to special situations, highly professional communication at eye level.'

  • 'The team has a unique combination of excellent lawyers who are legally brilliant and at the same time pragmatic and results-oriented. Especially for a law firm of this size, the team is exceptionally well placed to compete with large law firms.'

  • 'We work very successfully with Claudia Knuth and are always impressed. Great accessibility, top know-how. I can't imagine a better representative in employment law.'

  • 'Henning Abraham and Christoph Valentin are distinguished by their short-term and solution-oriented collaboration.'

  • 'Henning Abraham in particular stands out from the excellent team. He has an above-average ability to understand and, despite knowing all the details, always has an eye for the bigger picture.'

  • 'I have been working in human resources management for over 15 years now and Claudia Knuth is one of the most professional employment lawyers I have ever worked with. With her extraordinary technical expertise, she always advises our company in a success-oriented manner and is able to adequately convey even complicated processes and subject areas. It is particularly noteworthy that, despite her status and professional success, she remains down to earth and is very pleasant to deal with.'

  • 'Henning Abraham convinces with pragmatic solutions and is one of the most pleasant colleagues to work with.'

Key clients

  • aconium GmbH
  • adidas AG
  • All for One Group SE
  • AlphaPet Venture GmbH
  • arive GmbH
  • Bayern Kapital GmbH
  • Bechtle GmbH
  • Behrendt Gruppe
  • Believe Digital GmbH
  • Benz Catering GmbH
  • Bettertrust GmbH
  • biddz GmbH
  • Candis GmbH
  • cbs Corporate Business Solutions Unternehmensberatung GmbH
  • Certifaction AG
  • Change of Scandinavia Germany GmbH
  • charles & charlotte GmbH
  • CMA CGM (Deutschland) GmbH
  • CMX Solutions GmbH
  • Containerships CSG GmbH
  • Coriolis GmbH
  • Deel Inc.
  • Deutsches Rotes Kreuz – Kreisverband Potsdam/Zauch-Belzig e.V.
  • Die Sparkasse Bremen AG
  • DKB Service GmbH
  • Dreamlines GmbH
  • E.V.A. Energieversorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Aachen
  • Stadtwerke Aachen AG
  • Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG
  • edyoucated GmbH
  • Eiffage Infra-Bau SE
  • Elbgorilla GmbH
  • Elbgorilla Synchro GmbH
  • ENERCON GmbH
  • Fairplay Digital GmbH
  • Fleurop AG
  • Flip GmbH
  • Flytronics Europe BV
  • Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg – Senatsverwaltung
  • fritz-kulturgüter GmbH
  • GATES GmbH
  • GerontoCare GmbH & Co. KG
  • Getränke Waldhoff GmbH & Co. KG
  • Gitpod GmbH
  • GWA Hygiene GmbH
  • Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
  • HCF Merkle GmbH
  • HJ Schryver & Co (GmbH und Co. KG)
  • Holidu GmbH
  • Hotelbird GmbH
  • HR Heroes GmbH
  • HV Manager GmbH
  • HZD – Druckguss Havelland GmbH
  • iATROS GmbH
  • Immomio GmbH
  • Indivumed GmbH
  • IQM Germany GmbH
  • iteratec GmbH
  • JDI Europe GmbH
  • Jenoptik AG
  • KALORIMETA GmbH
  • klarx GmbH
  • kobaltblau Management Consultants GmbH
  • LEIPA Gruppe
  • Lendis GmbH
  • Leonet AG
  • Liefergrün GmbH
  • Lieken GmbH
  • Lloyd‘s Register EMEA
  • LRQA Deutschland GmbH
  • Masters of Marketing GmbH
  • Mayr-Melnhof Gruppe
  • Mediengruppe Klambt
  • MEYER WERFT GmbH & Co. KG
  • MEYER WISMAR SARL & Co. KG
  • Midea Europe GmbH
  • Musterhaus.net GmbH
  • Nansen Pte. Ltd.
  • NEPTUN Werft GmbH & Co. KG
  • Next Level Coffee GmbH
  • Nordex SE
  • Noventic GmbH
  • One Data GmbH
  • Orbis AG
  • Oxford PV Germany GmbH
  • R&K Ingenieure GmbH
  • Raffinerie Heide GmbH
  • RMIG
  • Rochus Krähe ./. Infineon
  • Rügenwalder Mühle Carl Müller GmbH & Co. KG
  • Schlesinger Group
  • SPARETECH GmbH
  • Stadtwerke Norderstedt
  • STRABAG AG
  • Sunvigo GmbH
  • SURGITENT GmbH
  • Temedica GmbH
  • Thomas Brückner
  • Tracify GmbH
  • TradeLink TL Digital Solutions GmbH
  • TransnetBW GmbH
  • Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH
  • TUM Campus Heilbronn gGmbH
  • Ulrich Lippert GmbH & Co. KG
  • Vemcon GmbH
  • Vincorion Gruppe
  • Vitafy GmbH
  • Walberg Urban Electrics GmbH
  • Watson-Marlow GmbH
  • wealthpilot GmbH
  • Wiegmann und Gebauer sozialräumliche Hilfen GmbH
  • wily.tel
  • XLETIX GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising container shipping company CMA CGM on issues relating to works constitution law as well as several restructurings, various works agreements including conciliation bodies and a court case to determine the company structure.
  • Advising Adidas AG's Election Committee on the Supervisory Board election.
  • Accompanying several restructurings of LEIPA Group, in particular the merger of two companies, the spin-off of two business units and a major reduction in personnel.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Henning Abraham