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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto
Silicon Valley
CALIFORNIA
CA 94303-2250
United States
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Ute Krudewagen
Work Department
Corporate; Employment; Finance; Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Global Employment Law; Compliance; Diversity, Discrimination and Equal Pay; Protecting Business Assets; Workforce Restructuring and Outsourcing; Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Employee and Labor Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Life Sciences; Technology
Position
Partner; Chair, International Employment practice
Career
Ute Krudewagen focuses on providing multinational companies with solutions to the challenges presented in managing a global workforce. In addition, she counsels companies on employment issues triggered by cross-border transactions.
Her vast experience includes advising on global background checks, employment and independent contractor agreements, discrimination and harassment claims, social media issues, global policies and procedures, non-compete and proprietary information agreements, works council and union issues, codes of conduct and social responsibility, workplace privacy, employee assignments and global mobility programs, global employment issues in connection with Covid-19, global reductions in force and cost-saving initiatives, restructurings and severance and retention plans.
Ute also counsels global employers on the issues associated with transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, post-acquisition integrations and tax restructurings. She has successfully addressed employment issues in transactions with workforces in more than 60 jurisdictions in one transaction, with deal values ranging from US$2 million to more than US$60 billion, including negotiation and drafting of the deal agreement, employee transfers, consultations with unions and works councils, benefits harmonization, interim operating models and acquisition-related downsizings.
Her experience includes advising both emerging growth companies and Fortune 500 companies across a wide spectrum of industries and jurisdictions across the globe, including technology/software, fashion/retail, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, energy, manufacturing and distribution, energy, as well as banking and finance.
Languages
German; Spanish; English
Memberships
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/EU and CIPP/US), International Association of Privacy Professionals; Co-Editor in Chief, International Labor & Employment Laws, Bloomberg Law; HR Certification Institute, Global Professional in Human Resources; Law Society of England and Wales, Non-practicing member
Education
LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; J.D., University of Cologne; Dr. iur., University of Cologne
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
(Leading lawyers)DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s employment group is known for providing advice on the full range of US and international matters from policies and compliance to internal investigations, transactions, restrictive covenants and terminations. The team handles sensitive issues from employment opportunity laws, workplace equality, working times, diversity and inclusion. Marc Katz heads the practice from Dallas and represents clients in unfair competition litigation, partnership disputes and class action cases. Evan Parness conducts internal investigations of alleged discrimination and harassment out of New York along with Brian Kaplan who handles disputes involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants. Ute Krudewagen works on employment matters relating to the workforces of global multinational companies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Workplace and employment counseling United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense