KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht > Dusseldorf, Germany > Firm Profile
KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht Offices
SPEDITIONSTRASSE 21
40221 DÜSSELDORF
Germany
KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht > The Legal 500 Rankings
Germany > Employment Tier 1
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.Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
A.T. Kearney
ABB
Adidas
Air Liquide
Airbus
Allianz
ARAG
Atos
Axel Springer
Bayer
Bosch
Daimler
Deloitte
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Telekom
DXC
Fresenius
GE
GEA
Henkel
Hermes
Hewlett Packard
H&M
IKB
INGDiba
Intersnack
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Knorr Bremse
LANXESS
MAN Energy Solutions
Oracle
Porta
Procter & Gamble
Rheinmetall
Roland Berger
Saarstahl
Santander
SAP
Siemens
Siemens Energy
Siemens Healthinieers AG
Stada
Takeaway / Lieferando
Teekanne
Traton
Xerox
Zalando
Work highlights
- Employment law support for Axel Springer SE pertaining to its group restructuring, including strategic advice; Design of the volunteer program and the social plan in the event of staff reductions in the media divisions as well as company splits and mergers.
- Advising Lanxess on the intended layoff of around 1,000 employees with site closures in Germany. Negotiations with the Chemical Industry Union (IGBCE) with the aim of waiving claims for additional salary payments in 2023.
- Advising Ernst & Young GmbH on the company split in connection with the restructuring of numerous jobs; including negotiation of the upstream volunteer program and reconciliation of interests.
KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht > Firm Profile
The firm: With about 95 certified employment law specialists and attorneys, KLIEMT.HR Lawyers is one of the largest and most successful firms specialising in employment law in Germany. KLIEMT.HR Lawyers focuses on providing employment and labour law advice to national and international enterprises. With offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Berlin and Cologne KLIEMT.HR Lawyers offers comprehensive and high-calibre advice on all questions of employment law – competent, practice-oriented, creative and tailored to the specific requirements of the enterprise in question.
The two founding partners, Prof Dr Michael Kliemt and Dr Oliver Vollstädt, and all the other partners in the firm, originally practised at large international law firms and therefore have many years of international professional experience. The firm represents its clients’ interests throughout Germany at all employment courts up to the level of the Federal Labour Court, including proceedings for a preliminary ruling before the European Court of Justice.
lus Laboris – Global Human Resources Lawyers: KLIEMT.HR Lawyers is a member of lus Laboris, the global alliance of leading law firms providing specialised services in employment/labour law, employee benefits, immigration and pensions law. With more than 1,500 lawyers lus Laboris provides local human resources law expertise across the globe, with member firms in over 55 countries and a presence in more than 100 countries. The seamless international coverage enables KLIEMT.HR Lawyers to provide clients with fully co-ordinated global legal advice on all aspects of human resources.
Clients: KLIEMT.HR Lawyers’ clients include a large number of well-known German and international companies across all industry sectors, above all in the metals and chemical industries, banks and insurance companies, trade, IT and service companies, including many EURO STOXX 50, DAX 30 and MDAX companies.
Areas of practice: The expertise of KLIEMT.HR Lawyers covers all areas of employment law, pensions law and immigration, such as restructuring, outsourcing, transfer of undertakings (s613a German Civil Code), works council constitution law, collective bargaining agreements, trade unions and industrial action, due diligence, privatisation, employee benefits and pension schemes, boards of directors and managing directors, co-determination matters, temporary hire of employees, international secondment of personnel, contracts of employment and termination agreements, remuneration schemes and stock option plans, flexible working hours schemes, ethics guidelines, codes of conduct, corporate governance, compliance, anti-discrimination and equal treatment concerns.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Employment and pensions | |||
Social security | |||
Commercial agents | |||
Contracts of employment | |||
Outsourcing | |||
Company turnaround, reorganisation and restructuring | |||
Works council constitution | |||
Collective bargaining | |||
Occupational pension schemes | |||
Liability of company officers and representative bodies | |||
Advising supervisory boards in co-determination matters | |||
International assignment | |||
Drafting and optimising contracts of employment and termination | |||
Remuneration and employee participation plans | |||
Flexible working hours schemes | |||
Ethics guidelines, corporate governance, compliance |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Burkard Göpfert | Partner | View Profile | |
Markus Janko | Partner | View Profile | |
Michael Kliemt | Partner | View Profile | |
Jochen Saal | Partner | View Profile | |
Jan L. Teusch | Partner | View Profile | |
Alexander Ulrich | Partner | View Profile | |
Oliver Vollstädt | Partner | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 70 at this office : 33Languages
German English French Spanish Italian Dutch Swedish Russian PolishMemberships
Ius Laboris - Global Human Resources LawyersOther
Contact : Prof Dr Michael Kliemt (michael.kliemt@kliemt.de) Other offices : Berlin Other offices : Frankfurt Other offices : Munich- Employment