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Dr. Matthias Lodemann

LL.M. (Wellington)

Partner
Attorney-at-Law
Specialist lawyer for employment and labour law


Matthias Lodemann is one of the leading employment and labour lawyers in Germany (Legal500, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Leaders League etc.) and devotes particular attention to corporate transactions and restructuring projects.


In individual employment and labour law, Matthias Lodemann advises companies and executives on termination scenarios, in particular with regard to post-contractual non-competition clauses. He also specialises in advising on compliance issues, including the Working Hours Act, the Minimum Wage Act and the protection of trade secrets.

Short CV

Matthias Lodemann, LL.M. (Wellington), studied law at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel.

He subsequently obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Wellington, New Zealand and completed his doctorate at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with a thesis on church employment and labour law ("Church Loyalty Obligations and the European Convention on Human Rights"). He completed his legal clerkship in Hamburg (including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and Sydney. Since 2009, he has been a lecturer in civil and employment and labour law at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management Hamburg and the Hanseatic Academy of Administration and Economics Hamburg.

(Languages: German, English)

Awards

One law firm, many awards: You will find SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE in all major rankings and our colleagues in recognised publications.

The industry magazine JUVE also names SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of the leading German employment and labour law firms in the JUVE Handbook 2023/2024, and in the brand eins ranking, our law firm is also ranked in the highest category in 2023. The news magazine FOCUS once again ranks SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of Germany's top commercial law firms in the field of employment and labour law, while Chambers and Partners also names SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of the leading German employment and labour law firms. This also applies to the rankings of Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers, Legal500 and Leaders League.

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Publications

Umkleidezeiten – Arbeitszeit nach dem ArbZG und Vergütungspflicht
ARP 2021, 235 (mit Maximilian Kulenkampff)
Hoppe/Oldekop (Hrsg.), Geschäftsgeheimnisse: Schutz von Know-how und Geschäftsinformationen - Praktikerhandbuch mit Mustern
1. Aufl. 2021, Verlag Carl Heymanns (Mitautor gemeinsam mit Nina Tholuck)
Regelungsmöglichkeiten zur Vergütung von Umkleidezeiten
NZA 2017, 624 (mit Nils Schramm)
Die Zukunft des Arbeitsrechts in kirchlichen Wohlfahrtseinrichtungen
Non Profit Law Yearbook 2014 (mit Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt)
Kirchliche Loyalitätspflichten und die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention
Dissertation 2013
Borsutzky (Hrsg.), Rechtsfragen in der Jugendarbeit
Verlag Haus Altenberg 2010 (Mitautor)

Memberships

Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht des DAV
Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht des DAV
Altstipendiat der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
Mitglied des Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e.V.