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
Deutschland > Arbeitsrecht > Arbeitsrecht
(Führende Partner)KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht deckt das individuelle und kollektive Arbeitsrecht umfassend ab und zählt zu den Topadressen im Arbeitsrecht. Zu den Stärken des Teams zählen die Restrukturierungs- und Transformationsbegleitung, die Vorstands- und Organberatung sowie die Beratung zur betrieblichen Altersversorgung. Das bisherige Führungsquintett bestehend aus Michael Kliemt (Restrukturierung) in Düsseldorf, Barbara Reinhard (Tarif- und Arbeitskampfrecht) in Frankfurt, Burkard Göpfert (Transformation) in München, Henrik Lüthge (New Work) in Hamburg und Stefan Fischer (Betriebsverfassungsrecht) in Berlin erweiterte sich im Berichtszeitraum mit dem im Januar 2024 zum Partner ernannten Martin Eisenbeis (Outsourcing) am neuen Kölner Standort sowie Kara Preedy (Compliance), die gemeinsam mit Fischer den Berliner Standort leitet. Letztere schloss sich der Einheit gemeinsam mit einem Team von Greenberg Traurig Germany im März 2024 an, darunter auch Konradin Pleul (Betriebsverfassungsrecht und Restrukturierung). Preedy und Pleul ergänzen die Beratungskapazitäten in den Bereichen New Work, Arbeitnehmerdatenschutz und Betriebsratvergütung. Nicole Enke (Restrukturierung, kollektives Arbeitsrecht) wechselte Ende 2023 zu SGP Schneider Geiwitz & Partner.
Germany > Employment
(Leading partners)KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht is one of the top addresses and comprehensively covers individual and collective employment law. The team’s strengths include restructuring and transformation support, supervisory board and management advice as well as company pensions. The previous management quintet consisting of Michael Kliemt (restructuring) in Düsseldorf, Barbara Reinhard (collective bargaining and employment disputes) in Frankfurt, Burkard Göpfert (transformation) in Munich, Henrik Lüthge (New Work) in Hamburg, and Stefan Fischer (works constitution law) in Berlin recently welcomed Martin Eisenbeis (outsourcing), who made partner in January 2024 at the firm’s new Cologne office, and Kara Preedy (compliance), who heads the Berlin location together with Fischer, into its ranks. The latter joined the firm with a team from Greenberg Traurig Germany in March 2024, including Konradin Pleul (works constitution law and restructuring). Preedy and Pleul boosted the group’s expertise with regards to New Work, employee data protection and works council remuneration. Nicole Enke (restructuring, collective employment law) joined SGP Schneider Geiwitz & Partner at the end of 2023.