About

As head of employment law, Christian Vetter is situated at the intersection of employment, social and corporate law on the one side, and the various global and German Dow entities on the other side – a huge operative and strategic task which he covers single-handedly. Dow Deutschland has 5,500 employees which makes it the largest foreign subsidiary of US chemical company Dow Chemical, the second biggest after BASF. The market has been impressed by how he ‘always strikes the balance between German employee rights and US guidelines’. Overall he continuously ‘impresses with his amazing connection between practical matters and legislative foresight’. When organising the department, Vetter emphasises a focus on ‘quick and clear replies’ and a ‘pro-active approach regarding changing legal frameworks in Germany and Europe’. Highlights during his career have been the successful managing of restructurings with up to 2,500 affected employees and the implementation of global performance management systems, while the biggest challenge remains the ‘swift implementation of restructuring measures’.