Michael is a certified lawyer for employment law and advises national and international companies in particular in the IT and technology sector in court and out-of-court employment law matters.

Michael's experience

  • Advising a British software manufacturer in the field of e-payment solutions on the complete closure of a German site and an adjustment of the employee structure at the remaining sites, inter alia as a result of implemented software solutions.

  • Comprehensive advice to a Japanese company in the development and production of monocrystalline silicon carbide semiconductor wafers on various individual and collective legal issues.

  • Advising a globally leading research organization on the introduction and utilization of corporate training measures through a complex conciliation committee procedure.

  • Advised a well-known conglomerate in the insurance and mobility industry on the implementation of a complex compliance project regarding the use of external personnel to avoid the consequences of bogus self-employment.

  • Advised a globally leading manufacturer of vehicle washing systems in social court and regional social court proceedings on the use of external personnel.

  • Advised a well-known US conglomerate on the introduction of various IT systems at a German group company (incl. introduction of MS Office365, SAP systems and personnel management system), including negotiation of works agreements on this and negotiation of an IT framework works agreement

  • Advised a well-known media company in a compliance project on the use of external personnel, including advice on the implementation of a compliance management system and a comprehensive internal investigation of past external personnel

  • Advised a leading IT service provider, including its group companies, on a compliance project to implement compliance structures to avoid bogus self-employment, including conducting a comprehensive internal investigation into the use of approx. 1,500 freelancers

  • Advised a well-known group of companies in the mobility and insurance industry in a comprehensive compliance project on the use of external personnel, including conducting an internal investigation into the past use of external personnel in almost 20 group companies with the involvement of the German Federal Pension Insurance, the responsible tax offices and the public prosecutor's office.

  • Advised a leading company in the semiconductor industry on various labour law and works council matters, including a works agreement for the introduction of a new shift system, a car policy and a standardisation of employment contracts

Credentials

  • 2024
    Pinsent Masons - Partner
  • 2020
    Noerr - Partner
  • 2019
    Certified lawyer for employment law
  • 2011
    Admission to the German bar
  • 2011
    Baker McKenzie - Counsel
  • 2002
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
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