Germany

Kliemt & Vollstädt

Markus Bohnau Georg-Glock-Straße 8 D-40474 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 (0) 211 88 288 0 Fax: +49 (0) 211 88 288 200 www.kliemt.de

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Kliemt & Vollstädt is a leading employment law boutique in Germany. It has a nationwide coverage with offices in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. All partners of Kliemt & Vollstädt previously practised in large well-known law firms, such as Clifford Chance, Lovells, Taylor Wessing or Willkie Farr & Gallagher. As a result, they have in-depth experience of international legal consultancy work. This makes Kliemt & Vollstädt unique in Germany as an employment law firm.

The firm presently counts twenty-four lawyers (8 partners, 16 associates), which makes it the largest law firm in Germany exclusively specialising in employment law, pensions and employee benefits. Kliemt & Vollstädt guarantees that first-class advisers are available at all times and that clients receive an ongoing service tailored to their specific needs.

The expertise of the lawyers of Kliemt & Vollstädt covers all areas of employment law, such as restructuring, outsourcing, transfer of undertakings (section 613a German Civil Code), works council constitution law, collective bargaining agreements, trade unions and industrial action, due diligence, privatization, employee benefits and pension schemes, boards of directors and managing directors, co-determination matters, temporary hire of employees, international secondment of personnel, contracts of employment and termination agreements, remuneration schemes and stock option plans, flexible working hours schemes, ethics guidelines, codes of conduct, corporate governance, compliance, anti-discrimination and equal treatment concerns.

The clients of Kliemt & Vollstädt include a large number of well-known German and foreign companies across all industry sectors, above all in the metals and the chemical industries, in trade, IT and the media, banks and insurance companies, including many DAX 30- and MDAX-companies. The firm represent it clients' interests throughout Germany at all employment courts up to the level of the Federal Labour Court, including proceedings for a preliminary ruling before the European Court of Justice.

Additional Kliemt & Vollstädt Offices
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Frankfurt	Ulmenstraße 37 - 39 D-60325 Frankfurt am Main Tel: +49 (0) 69 710410-0 Fax: +49 (0) 69 710410-200 Christoph Crisolli Peter Hoppenstaedt
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Berlin	Monbijouplatz 10 A D-10178 Berlin Tel: +49 30 887154-0 Fax: +49 30 887154-20 Martin Wörle Jessica Ohle

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