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KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht Offices
SPEDITIONSTRASSE 21
40221 DÜSSELDORF
Germany
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Burkard Göpfert
Work Department
Attorney, Certified Employment Law Specialist
Position
Partner
Career
Burkard Göpfert advises primarily on complex transformation, integration and restructuring projects and on the harmonisation of employment conditions. He is the author and (co-)editor of a large number of textbooks on the topics of restructuring and employment law, and a lecturer at Passau University, and for over ten years he has organised the Handelsblatt annual conference on restructuring. Burkard Göpfert is also co-editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
- European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
- Gesellschaft für Umstrukturierung TMA Deutschland e.V.
- International Bar Association, Employment Law Section
- International Insolvency Institute
Education
- Attorney since 1996
- With KLIEMT.HR Lawyers since 2017
- Previously practised for international commercial law firms, including heading a law firm in Warsaw; firm’s country representative for China and South-East Asia
- Consultancy on a large number of US court proceedings as German co-counsel, including discrimination proceedings (Dresdner Bank) and combating class action claims (Napster)
- Professional training in Passau, Geneva, Munich, New York and Berlin
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia University, New York
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.