Taylor Wessing's employment advice focuses on restructuring, compliance, data protection, mobile work and corporate co-determination issues. Most recently, the team also acted before the ECJ and the BAG in precedent proceedings regarding temporary employment agreements; here, Oliver Bertram and Anne Förster are the key contacts as well as for matters regarding the compliant use of external personnel. Other recent key topics included works council remuneration, the Evidence Act as well as working time recording. The team is led by Kilian Friemel, who is experienced in developing concepts for personnel, pay and working time flexibility, and includes restructuring expert Marc André Gimmy. Jan-Patrick Vogel (HR compliance and corporate compliance) made partner in May 2023.
Testimonials
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'Gold standard - advice is very practical and business-oriented and avoids unnecessary, overly complicated solutions. Offer specific solutions and are incredibly responsive.'
'Legally very competent; precise and comprehensive processing of the facts in question; timely feedback; Showing “feasible” solutions even in complex situations - all of this applies to individual labor law as well as collective labor law, and this applies in particular to Kilian Friemel.'
Key clients
- Audi
- Adobe
Work highlights
- Compliance advice for Audi pertaining to possible criminally relevant 'false remuneration' as a result of the BGH ruling on works council remuneration at VW.
- Advising Graphite Cova on the closure of a production facility due to the energy crisis (restructuring).