Employment

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht is one of the top addresses and comprehensively covers individual and collective employment law. The team's strengths include restructuring and transformation support, supervisory board and management advice as well as company pensions. The previous management quintet consisting of Michael Kliemt (restructuring) in Düsseldorf, Barbara Reinhard (collective bargaining and employment disputes) in Frankfurt, Burkard Göpfert (transformation) in Munich, Henrik Lüthge (New Work) in Hamburg, and Stefan Fischer (works constitution law) in Berlin recently welcomed Martin Eisenbeis (outsourcing), who made partner in January 2024 at the firm's new Cologne office, and Kara Preedy (compliance), who heads the Berlin location together with Fischer, into its ranks. The latter joined the firm with a team from Greenberg Traurig Germany in March 2024, including Konradin Pleul (works constitution law and restructuring). Preedy and Pleul boosted the group's expertise with regards to New Work, employee data protection and works council remuneration. Nicole Enke (restructuring, collective employment law) joined SGP Schneider Geiwitz & Partner at the end of 2023.

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Testimonials

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'We have a longstanding, trusting client relationship with Michael Kliemt and other partners and associates. Particularly noteworthy is the consistently excellent quality of employment advice at very fair hourly rates, which in total represents the best price-performance package on the German market.'
'Michael Kliemt: Certainly the outstanding lawyer personality of the firm. Very confident demeanor, outstanding specialist knowledge and many years of experience combined with excellent argumentative skills.'
'Katja Giese: Very reactive, excellent expertise.'
'Kliemt is very well positioned in terms of personnel and expertise at many locations to be able to take on larger restructuring measures.'
'Stefan Fischer: Has known our company for many years and has already completed a number of mandates for us very successfully. Oliver Vollstädt: A very experienced and professionally excellent employment lawyer who, together with his team, handles the mandates with great commitment.'
'Till Heimann: To me, he is the best employment lawyer I have worked with in Germany. He combines legal excellence, pragmatic solution-finding, commercial understanding and practice-oriented project management. All of the counsel, senior associates and associates he brought on board as partners in the client work were a perfect fit for our requirements profile, our way of thinking and working, and our corporate culture.'
'The firm has a large number of lawyers with excellent specialist knowledge and a lot of experience. The mandates are not necessarily treated with blanket solutions and standard procedures, but rather very individually.'
'Burkard Göpfert: A highly respected sparring partner, especially in collective law and strategic issues. Thanks to his constantly updated knowledge, innovative ideas and extensive experience in various companies, industries and union environments, he stands for practice-oriented, implementable solutions, targeted tactical advice and good negotiation skills.'

Key clients

A.T. Kearney GmbH
ABB
Adidas
Air Liquide
Airbus
Allianz
ARAG
Atos
Axel Springer
Bayer
Bosch
Daimler
Deloitte
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Telekom
DXC
Evonik
Fresenius
GE
GEA
Henkel
Hermes
Hewlett Packard
H&M
IKB
INGDiba
Intersnack
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Knorr Bremse
MAN Energy Solutions
McKinsey
Merck
Nokia
Oracle
Porta
Procter & Gamble
Rheinmetall
Roche
Roland Berger
Saarstahl
Santander
SAP
Siemens
Siemens Energy
Siemens Healthineers AG
Stada
Takeaway/Lieferando
Teekanne
Traton
Xerox
Zalando

Work highlights

Advising Bayer AG on negotiations with the General Works Council and the Group Spokespersons Committee on the restructuring and personnel reduction program 'Best BAYER'.
Advising SAP SE on a group-wide staff reduction (approx. 3,000 employees), including various expert opinions and statements on collective law issues, support in collective law disputes and negotiations, employment law support in various compliance proceedings, as well as advice and negotiation in mass proceedings (salary increases for early retirees).
Advising NTT Data Deutschland SE / NTT Germany on the OneNTT project, the integration of NTT Data and NTT Germany Ltd. through the introduction of a cross-company matrix structure, including merging the organisational structures of around 3,000 employees, reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations with both the general works council of NTT Data Deutschland and the general works council of NTT Germany Ltd.