Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner's employment team advises on restructuring and subsequent negotiations with employee representatives on reconciliation of interests and social plans as well as on company pension schemes, collective bargaining law and working time models. This is complemented by litigation expertise, which the group applies for clients in proceedings before authorities as well as in court. The practice is headed from across three locations: Sabine Schröter advises on outsourcing and restructuring in the healthcare sector in Frankfurt, while Stefan Daub and Christoph Fingerle provide transaction support in Freiburg and Sven Köhnen acts in distribution- and antitrust-related matters in Cologne. Stephanie Mayer was promoted to the partnership in January 2024 and counts transaction-related employment advice as one of her main focuses.
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  • 'An approachable, down-to-earth team. They also take on relatively small cases with full commitment and seriousness. Sabine Schröter's team reacts quickly, even to spontaneous issues, and handles them conscientiously.'

  • 'In addition to being constantly available, the collaboration was characterised by professional precision and efficiency. Friedrich Graf von Westphalen responds perfectly to individual needs and circumstances. In addition to extraordinary professional competence, the interaction was friendly and on an equal footing, so that we as clients always felt optimally represented.'

  • 'Sabine Schröter: A very clever and quick thinker, but always personable and down to earth. Approachable, very straightforward and pleasant to deal with. Always a certain lightness, even with difficult topics. She gives you the feeling that there is always a good solution. We were able to conclude all of our joint cases, whether large or small, to our satisfaction.'

  • 'Sabine Schröter deserves special mention, as she shines with her incredible expertise. One is rarely used to such intensive support from a partner. Ms Schröter is human, but at the same time professional and represents our company perfectly without exception. In particular, the complex solutions and the foresightedness in the advice give us as clients the highest level of trust in her.'

Kernmandanten

  • AESCULAP Suhl GmbH
  • Airline Assistance Switzerland
  • DEDON GmbH
  • Enphase Energy
  • Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Freiburg
  • Evangelische Sozialstation Freiburg
  • Evangelisches Sozialwerk Wiesental e.V.
  • Evangelisches Stift Freiburg
  • GLOSTER Furniture GmbH
  • Handwerkskammer Freiburg

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advice and representation of German subsidiaries of Hutchinson SA in collective bargaining negotiations with IG Metall at locations in Hamburg and Göllnitz (Thuringia).
  • Advice and representation of Paracelsus Klinken Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGaA concerning the closure of the Paracelsus clinics in Bad Ems and Bad Gandersheim.

Anwält*innen

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Annette Rölz; Stephanie Mayer