Labour law
- Legal representation both in and out of court in individual and collective labour law disputes
- Staff cutbacks (planning, negotiation of a reconciliation of interests and social plan, notification of mass redundancies, dismissals, etc.)
- Design and negotiation of company agreements
- Arbitration committee proceedings
- Design and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements
- In and outsourcing
- Design of employment contracts
- Design, review and negotiation of severance agreements
- Design of remuneration systems (bonus, profit sharing programmes, royalties) for CEOs, directors, supervisory board members
- Remuneration systems in the financial services sector
- Temporary employment
- Labour relations
- Company co-determination rights
- Conflict resolution
Contacts: Dr Christian Bitsch, Dr Michael R. Fausel
Posting of employees
- Design under tax and social security law
- Treatment under international law, visa, prevention of double taxation
- Inbound and outbound
- Process and system design
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel
Company social security law
- Design under social security law
- Situation relating to work and service contracts (preventing “bogus self-employment”)
- Review of contribution requirements and charges
- Social Codes (SGB) I to XII
- Advice for company audits
- Process and system design
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel
Immigration Law
- Business Immigration (Business trip, Business visa)
- Short-term visa (Schengen C visa, Vander Elst visa)
- Intra-Company Transferee (ICT Card, secondments)
- German Residence Permit (Blue Card EU, Academic professionals, Local hire work)
- Permanent residence permit
- Family reunion
- Workation
- Job Seeker visa
- Opportunity Card
- Citizenship law (Acquisition and determination of German citizenship)
- Support in migration matters worldwide in collaboration with trusted legal partners (Outbound)
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel
In-house training
- Labour and tax law seminars
- Anti-discrimination regulations
- Best practice
- Coaching
- Executive seminars
- Severance meetings
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel, Dr Christian Bitsch
Compliance
- Compliance systems
- Remuneration models
- Prevention
- Anti-corruption
- Support during administrative enquiries
- Defence of board members/executives
- Whistleblowing models
Contacts: Dr Christian Bitsch, Dr Michael R. Fausel
Transaction support
- Due diligence
- Structuring of company organisations
- Negotiation of purchase contracts, reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations
- Restructuring strategies
- Tax optimisation
- Post-merger integration
Contacts: Dr Christian Bitsch
Tax law
- Design and optimisation of transactions
- Optimisation of profit sharing models for work and service contracts
- Tax structuring for property investments
- Criminal tax law for individuals and companies
- Voluntary disclosures
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel
Litigation
- Preparation
- Case management
- Enforcement and preventing enforcement
- All labour courts, regional labour courts, Federal Labour Court
- All district, regional and higher regional courts
- Fiscal courts, Federal Fiscal Court
- All social courts, regional social courts, Federal Social Court
Contacts: Dr Christian Bitsch, Dr Michael R. Fausel
Corporate law
- Incorporation
- Company takeovers, M&A
- Conversion/restructuring
- Shareholder disputes
- Investment agreements
Contacts: Dr Michael R. Fausel