Michael Kliemt > KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile
KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht Offices
SPEDITIONSTRASSE 21
40221 DÜSSELDORF
Germany
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Michael Kliemt
Work Department
Attorney, Certified Employment Law Specialist
Position
Partner
Career
On the evidence of the relevant ranking guides and business publications (JUVE, Legal 500, Chambers, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal etc.), Michael Kliemt is one of the leading employment lawyers in Germany. He advises international and national enterprises on all facets of employment law. He has an enormous wealth of experience in consultancy on restructurings; transformation, outsourcing and integration projects; flexibilisation, simplification and optimisation of employment conditions (above all working hours, remuneration) and the implementation of IT systems. In this work, he undertakes both the strategic conceptual design and also the negotiations with trade unions and works councils on collective agreements (above all company wage agreement, membership without commitment to collective agreement, change in pay rates), reconciliation of interests, social compensation plan, transfer agreements and works agreements, and also the implementation of these measures and conducting proceedings before conciliation bodies. At the same time he regularly accompanies complex compliance and whistleblower cases. A further central interest of Michael Kliemt’s is advising board members, directors and supervisory boards on entering into, renewing and terminating service contracts, including all questions of liability of company officers and representative bodies (for example conducting and defending damages proceedings for officers’ and directors’ liability). He has acted as an arbitrator on a large number of important arbitration proceedings. The JUVE directory has for many years described Michael Kliemt as one of the “leading names in senior executive consultancy”.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
- AbA – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für betriebliche Altersversorgung e.V.
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im Deutschen Anwaltverein (DAV)
- Deutscher Arbeitsgerichtsverband
- Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft für Arbeitsrecht
Education
- Attorney since 1995, Certified Employment Law Specialist since 1999
- 2002 Founding partner of KLIEMT.HR Lawyers
- 1997 Partner with Clifford Chance, one of the largest international law firms. Founded their Düsseldorf office and development and head of the employment-law department
- Previously partner with Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange (today: Taylor Wessing)
- Honorary professor for employment law, Saarland University, since 2006
- Doctorate on the topic of formal requirements in employment law 1995 under Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Hanau in Cologne
- Academic research assistant at the chair of the well-known employment-law specialists Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Hanau in Cologne and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Preis in Hagen
- Law studies at Cologne University
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Employment
(Leading individuals)With its diverse team across five locations, employment boutique offering KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht is a renowned address in Germany and advises on all facets of individual and collective employment law. In addition to national and international players, the group is increasingly advising start-ups for whom Martin Eisenbeis, who made partner in January 2024, is a key contact. Central practice pillars include restructuring and transformations, which also mirrors the focus of practice heads Michael Kliemt in Düsseldorf, Barbara Reinhard in Frankfurt, Burkard Göpfert in Munich and Stefan Fischer in Berlin. Reinhard complements this with expertise in collective bargaining law and industrial dispute rights and Fischer with experience in works constitution law and litigation, while Kliemt is also experienced in advising bodies and boards of directors – another mainstay of the practice. Recent instructions further included transaction-related employment matters, ESG, compensation and compliance issues, including internal investigations, as well as matters pertaining to company pension schemes, corporate co-determination and employee data protection. The importance of whistleblowing and whistleblower protection advice was underlined with the promotion of Anja Dachner to the partnership in January 2023. In August 2023, Christoph Seidler (restructuring, collective employment law) joined Osborne Clarke.