Dentons' focus on collective employment law leads to regular instructions related to operational changes, co-determination and the establishment of employee representatives. The practice also advises on New Work, including on matters such as external staff compliance, HR compliance and employee data protection; the central importance of this subject was underlined with the arrival of employee data protection and HR compliance expert Philipp Byers from Watson Farley & Williams LLP in May 2023. Sascha Grosjean is also adept in the New Work sphere and jointly leads the team with restructuring expert Markus Diepold.
Testimonials
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'The Dentons team works in a professional manner so that our concerns are always dealt with quickly, competently, understandably and, of course, with the appropriate friendliness and politeness. The recommendations and legal background are always transparent. Alternatives are clearly articulated and advantages and disadvantages are clearly shown. The Dentons team represents us professionally even if we deviate from legal advice.'
'High competence, quick reactions, pragmatic but at the same time practical solutions.'
'Markus Diepold is available to us at any time. We always receive very practical assessments or formulations from him that take the actual circumstances into account in addition to the legal situation.'
'The collaboration with Frank Lenzen has grown over the years in a trusting, personal environment. '
'Philipp Byers: Very good, delivers creative solutions, quick to respond, available at any time, very good sense of clients' needs.'
'Very accomplished; work very precisely and with foresight.'
'Frank Lenzen is a proven specialist in collective and individual employment law and knows all employment law strategies and details. '
'Markus Diepold: Excellent specialist knowledge and advice, always finds practical approaches; absolutely outstanding!'
Key clients
- Axel Springer Porsche GmbH & Co. KG
- Landesbank Berlin AG
- Qualitas Energy
- Slate Asset Management
- Solaris SE (vormals Solarisbank AG)
- Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (einschließlich der Tochtergesellschaft Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH)
- AeroGround Flughafen München
- Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag
- Stabilus SE
- WELLE
- BARMER
- BG Kliniken Ludwigshafen und Tübingen gGmbH / BG Kliniken - Klinikverbund der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung gGmbH
- CARIAD
- Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer e.V.
- IT.NRW
- Lactalis S.A.
- SKODA AUTO Deutschland GmbH
- Tagueri AG
- TEDi GmbH
- Provinzial Holding AG und Konzerntochtergesellschaften
- BioNTech SE und Tochtergesellschaften
- BNP Paribas S.A.
- Sparda Bank München
- Lego
- Handwerkskammer München
- Occhio GmbH
- Lebensversicherung von 1871
Work highlights
- Advising SKODA AUTO Deutschland GmbH on questions and disputes relating to works constitution law, including conciliation bodies and labor court resolution procedures; also representation in individual legal disputes/dismissal protection proceedings.
- Advising Provinzial group on employment aspects of the merger between Provinzial Rheinland and Provinzial NordWest; Negotiations with ver.di about the group-wide harmonisation of working conditions through company collective agreements as well as negotiations about numerous reconciliations of interests.
- Advising Stabilus on the employment aspects of its change of legal form to a European stock corporation (SE) and the subsequent transfer of its registered office from Luxembourg to Germany.