Thomas specialises in all aspects of labour and employment law, with a special focus on remuneration and boardroom matters.
His practice covers the full range of labour and employment law, including works council disputes and industrial action.
He has special expertise in designing complex remuneration systems in the financial industry and broad experience on board-level employee co-determination, including in European stock companies (societas europaea or SE) and cross-border mergers. Thomas also advises on boardroom matters, corporate reorganisations and lay-offs.
Clients value Thomas' strategic thinking, his ability to cut through complexity and his hands-on approach. Competitors regard him as a leading practitioner.
Thomas speaks German, English and French.
- Advising Deutsche Bank on remuneration matters, works council matters and on litigation with senior employees.
- Advising Volkswagen on all employment law aspects of the “Diesel matter” including in discussions with the US authorities.
- Advising a large range of listed companies and non-listed corporates (e.g. Brenntag, Vonovia, Aareal, BayernLB etc) on board room matters.
- Advising a large range of listed and non-listed corporates on their SE conversion (Porsche, Zalando, Zurich, UBS, N26 etc) and on cross border mergers Zalando on their pre-IPO conversion into a societas europaea.
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