Axel Braun > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Offices
ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
Germany
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Axel Braun
Work Department
Employment Law
Position
The focus of Axel Braun’s work is on cross-border projects, corporate reorganisations and other collective law procedures (company bargaining agreements, social compensation plans, etc.). He is the author and/or editor of various reputated publication and regularly speaker or panelist to various organisations.
Career
After initially working for several years as a police officer, Axel Braun studied law in Cologne (Germany), and Geneva (Switzerland). Upon completing his legal training to become a lawyer, which he undertook in Aachen, Cologne, Mumbai and Santander, he worked from 1990 for Fiedler & Forster in Frankfurt before joining Luther’s predecessor firm in 1995.
In the German-French working group of Luther he is also head of the employment law team. Axel Braun represents shareholder interests on the supervisory board of a group of companies operating internationally.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Employment
Mainly assisting with collective employment issues, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH applies a full-service approach and is regularly instructed to advise on restructuring and reorganisations, staff reductions, including volunteer programs, balance of interest negotiations and social plans, as well as company pension schemes and collective bargaining law issues. Practice head Paul Schreiner has a similar focus and is particularly active in restructuring under co-determination law. Robert von Steinau-Steinrück is one of the key contacts for outsourcing, compliance, employment disputes, works constitution and collective bargaining law, while cross-border projects are often handled by Axel Braun; he is also experienced in operational reorganisation. In July 2022, Kerstin Gröne (restructuring, litigation) and Paul Gooren (collective bargaining law, workforce reductions, compliance, works constitution law) made partners.
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- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Transport > Maritime and shipping
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Public sector > State aid
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- White-collar crime > Advice to companies
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Media > Entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
- Private clients and non-profits
- Tax
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation