A&O Shearman extensively assists with individual and collective employment matters and is also experienced in employment litigation. Advice focuses on temporary employment, collective bargaining and industrial disputes, regulated remuneration, employee data protection and company co-determination as well as transactional support. Recently, the group has also been frequently instructed to assist with working time laws and whistleblower issues. Restructuring expert Markulf Behrendt in Hamburg leads the team, which also includes Thomas Ubber, who is experienced in collective bargaining as well as in averting strike action. Peter Wehner complements the practice with longstanding experience in company pension schemes, particularly in the structuring of pension systems within a transactional context.
Testimonials
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'The team is great. The collaboration is very nice and the quality is extraordinary.'
'Extremely high level of service understanding; excellent accessibility; very good order clarification, which leads to high efficiency in processing the legal issue; very approachable lawyers and partners.'
Key clients
- AGV MOVE
- BCS Automotive Interface Solutions / Luxshare
Work highlights
- Advising AGV MOVE on preventing a 50-hour strike and on the agreement between the employers' association AGV MOVE and the EVG union on May 12, 2023.
- Advising BCS Automotive Interface/ Solutions/ Luxshare on the termination of an existing collective agreement to secure employment and on reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations for the closure of the location.