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Main Practice Areas

Competence in employ­ment and labour law.


SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE specialises in all areas of employment and labour law. It is not for nothing that we are consistently among the best German law firms in the top rankings.

We work every day to find the best solutions for our clients and to achieve and exceed the goals we set ourselves. We are always happy to be there for you, personally, individually and approachably.


Our range of expertise includes:


Restructuring

Plant closures and relocations, staff reductions

In- and outsourcing projects

Also and in particular in connection with transfers of business

Working hours and remuneration

Design and introduction of flexible models including employee participation schemes

Litigation

Active support, in particular in the context of legal disputes relating to protection against dismissal

Corporate transactions

Due diligence, employment and labour law provisions of company purchase agreements, post-merger

Advice for executives

Service contracts & remuneration arrangements (virtual participation programmes etc.)

Company pension schemes

Advice on all company pension scheme issues, including transactions

Restructurings

Employment and labour law support for companies, e.g. reorganisations under the UmwG

European company (SE)

Employment and labour law support for participation procedures

Insolvency employment law

Transferring restructurings and the employment and labour law support of insolvency administrators

Privatisation, PPP projects

Cooperation arrangements: public sector, private sector companies

Termination of contracts

Advice on and negotiation of termination agreements

Works constitution law

Drafting of works agreements within the framework of the Works Constitution Act

Collective bargaining law

Negotiation of collective agreements, industrial action law

Compliance topics

Codes of conduct, investigations and employee data protection

From Hamburg to the world

Internationality as key component


Do you have global requirements for first-class professional advice and successful employment and labour law support? SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE has particular strengths in the area of mergers & acquisitions and in advising executives on the international stage.

We are familiar with international quality standards and aim not only to fulfil them on a regular basis, but to exceed them. Thanks to our many years of experience in leading international law firms, we can offer you advice in German and English. It is a matter of course for us to accompany the due diligence process and the drafting of contractual documentation for company acquisitions or senior management in English.

Last but not least, our foreign local employment and labour law boutiques also offer further excellent opportunities to provide high-quality employment and labour law advice in cross-border matters.

Schulungen und Seminare

Let’s work together


Sharing knowledge is our aspiration for long-term and goal-orientated cooperation with our clients.

We therefore regularly hold training courses, seminars and in-house workshops that provide the tools for everyday employment and labour law in a lively and practical way.

Our focus is on current case studies that are suitable for everyday use and that will give you a clear, understandable and reliable understanding of the world of employment and labour law in a short space of time. We will be happy to work with you to develop a concept that is precisely tailored to the needs of your company. We then train your managers, the HR department or specific groups of employees accordingly.

The workshop programme already contains some interesting modules that we offer as standard. Perhaps the right topic for you is already included here?

We offer these modules at attractive conditions and, in consultation with you, customised according to your ideas:
  • Basic and in-depth seminars on employment and labour law
  • (Semi-)annual updates on developments in employment and labour law
  • AGG training courses
  • Organisation options for reducing personnel costs
  • Dealing with underperforming employees
  • Warnings
  • Do's and don'ts when drafting contracts
  • Legally compliant structuring of reconciliation of interests and social compensation plans
  • Staff reduction by means of voluntary programmes
  • Employment and labour law in insolvency