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MAINWERK - Rechtsanwälte Arbeitsrecht

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Team

Oliver Driver-Polke, Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Oliver Driver-Polke

Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Studied law at Freie Universität Berlin // Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeals // Joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt) as a lawyer in 2002 // Appointed partner at Kliemt (Frankfurt) in 2008 // Became partner at Panhorst Driver-Polke (Frankfurt) in 2012 // A founding partner of MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt and Heidelberg) since 2018 // Ranked as one of Germany`s best lawyers for employment law in business weekly “WirtschaftsWoche”

T +49 69 24 75 40 40, +49 6221 67 41 80
E driver-polke[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Dr. Henning Wiehe, Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Dr. Henning Wiehe

Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Studied law in Hamburg // Conferred a doctorate (Hamburg) // Legal clerkship in Lower Saxony // Lawyer at KPMG Treuhand und Goerdeler (Hamburg) since 2001// Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt and London) since 2002 // Partner at Baker & McKenzie (Frankfurt) in 2008 // Founding partner of Wiehe & Scharm (Frankfurt) in 2009, ranked as top commercial law firm for employment law 2016 -2019 (Focus) // supervisory board member in several corporations //since 2020 Partner at MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt)

T +49 69 24 75 40 40
E wiehe[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Kai Golücke, Attorney-at-law

Kai Golücke

Attorney-at-law

Studied law in Bielefeld/Leiden/Heidelberg // Legal clerkship in Mainz // Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt) Justem (Frankfurt), Hogan Lovells (Hamburg) since 2005 // Appointed in-house legal counsel for employment law matters at Körber AG (Hamburg) in 2010 // Appointed Head of Human Resources at Körber Medipak Systems (Hamburg/Winterthur, Switzerland) in 2014 // A founding partner of MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Heidelberg) since 2018 // Ranked as one of Germany`s best lawyers for employment law in business weekly “WirtschaftsWoche” // Lecturer for employment law at Mannheim University

T +49 6221 67 41 80
E goluecke[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Ulla Rupp, LL.M., Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Ulla Rupp, LL.M.

Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Studied law in Frankfurt am Main // LL.M. in Labour Law at the London School of Economics // Legal clerkship in Hanau // Joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt) as a lawyer in 2006 // Became a founding partner at Schweibert Leßmann & Partner in 2012 // A founding partner of MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt) since 2018 // Ranked as one of “Germany`s best Lawyers“ for employment law in business journal „Handelsblatt“/Best Lawyers (2019)

T +49 69 24 75 40 40
E rupp[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Kerstin Panhorst, Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Kerstin Panhorst

Specialist lawyer for Employment and Labour Law

Studied law in Heidelberg // Legal clerkship in Rhineland-Palatinate // Joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt) as a lawyer in 2001 // Appointed legal counsel for labour/employment law matters at LSG Sky Chefs in 2004 // Became a founding partner of Justem (Frankfurt) in 2006 // Became a partner at Panhorst Driver-Polke (Frankfurt) in 2008 // A founding partner of MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt und Heidelberg) since 2018

T +49 69 24 75 40 40, +49 6221 67 41 80
E panhorst[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Emelie Genius, Attorney-at-law

Emelie Genius

Attorney-at-law

Studied law at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn // Legal clerkship in Bonn/Cologne // Since 2018 lawyer at Wiehe & Scharm (Frankfurt), ranked as top commercial law firm for employment law 2016 -2019 (Focus), // Joined MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt) as a lawyer in 2020

T +49 69 24 75 40 40
E genius[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Isabelle Rüthers, Attorney-at-law

Isabelle Rüthers

Attorney-at-law

Studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau/Santiago de Chile // Legal clerkship in Mosbach // Lawyer at MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Heidelberg) since September 2023

T +49 6221 67 41 80
E ruethers[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Prof. Dr. Philipp S. Fischinger, LL.M. (Harvard)

Prof. Dr. Philipp S. Fischinger

LL.M. (Harvard)

Holder of the Chair for Civil Law, Labor Law, Sports Law and Commercial Law at the University of Mannheim // Cooperation with MAINWERK in Labor and Sports Labor Law since 2021

Annette Winter, LL.M., Attorney-at-law

Annette Winter, LL.M.

Attorney-at-law

Studied law at Kiel // LL.M. at Maastricht University // Post-graduate legal clerkship in Berlin // Joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Hamburg) as a lawyer in 2001 // Appointed Legal Counsel for Employment Law and Labour Law at Daimler Financial Services (Berlin) in 2003 // Joined Könnecke Naujok (Frankfurt) as a lawyer in 2013 // Lawyer at MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte (Frankfurt) since 2018

T +49 69 24 75 40 40
E winter[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Ernst-Martin Hoffmann-Keining, Attorney-at-law and Of Counsel

Ernst-Martin Hoffmann-Keining

Attorney-at-law and Of Counsel

Studied law in Heidelberg // Legal clerkship in Rhineland-Palatinate // License as lawyer in 1990 // Joined Lufthansa-Group as legal councel for labour/employment law matters in 1990 // Assumption of diverse executive positions in HR and law matters with national and international competences, director of different subcompanies and negotiator for collective bargaining at Lufthansa-Group since 1996 // Lawyer and Of Counsel at MAINWERK (Heidelberg) since 2023

M +49 151 250 200 57 E hoffmann-keining[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

We are a boutique law firm specialising in employment and labour law and have a team of dedicated specialists at our disposal who are able to draw on vast experience and expertise acquired at leading international commercial law firms and corporations in providing our clients with comprehensive advice on all aspects of employment and labour law matters Our team of experts works closely together to always provide bespoke legal advice uniquely tailored to our clients' individual needs.

No matter whether you need advice on a major restructuring or assistance with the drafting of contracts or collective agreements, - from conducting employment/labour law litigation, including all court instances up to the German Federal Labour Court, to seeking advice on issues surrounding company data protection or all manner of employment and labour law-related matters: We put our clients' specific, individual needs at the forefront of everything we do.

Career


Zur Verstärkung unserer Teams in Frankfurt am Main und Heidelberg freuen wir uns permanent über Kontakte zu ambitionierten Rechtsanwälten (m/w/d) und Referendaren (m/w/d) mit überdurchschnittlichen Examensergebnissen (mindestens einmal Note „vollbefriedigend“ oder besser), die ihren Schwerpunkt im Bereich des Arbeitsrechts setzen möchten.
Bitte senden Sie bei Interesse eine Email an post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Contact

Frankfurt

MAINWERK

Partnerschaft von
Rechtsanwälten mbB
Barckhausstraße 1
60325 Frankfurt
T +49 69 247 54 04-0
F +49 69 247 54 04-99
post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Heidelberg

MAINWERK

Partnerschaft von
Rechtsanwälten mbB
Langer Anger 7
69115 Heidelberg
T +49 6221 674 18-0
F +49 6221 674 18-99
post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

Data Protection Declaration


Legal Notice

Legal Form / Register:

MAINWERK Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Driver-Polke Golücke Panhorst Rupp Wiehe (hereinafter also referred to as: "MainWerk" or "MainWerk Rechtsanwälte") is registered as partnership with limited professional liability, registered at the Registration Court in Frankfurt am Main under the registration number PR 2587.

Registered office of the partnership:

The registered office of the partnership with limited professional liability is located at:

Barckhausstrasse 1
D- 60325 Frankfurt am Main
T: +49 69 24 75 40 40
F: +49 69 24 75 40 49 9
E: post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

MainWerk also has a branch office in Heidelberg.

Langer Anger 7
D- 69115 Heidelberg
T: +49 6221 674 18 0
F: +49 6221 674 18 99
E: post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

List of partners:

Oliver Driver-Polke
Kai Golücke
Kerstin Panhorst
Ulla Rupp
Dr. Henning Wiehe

Occupational title and responsible chamber:

The attorneys-at-law at the law firm MAINWERK Rechtsanwälte are qualified attorneys-at-law admitted to practise law in the Federal Republic of Germany. They are admitted as members of the Frankfurt am Main Bar Association.

Frankfurt am Main Bar Association

Bockenheimer Anlage 36
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
T + 49 69 17 00 98 01

Value-added tax identification number:

The firm's value-added tax identification number in Germany, as defined in section 27a German Value-Added Tax Act, is DE 317533326

Professional liability insurance:

Our professional liability insurer is Markel International Insurance Company Limited, German branch office: Sophienstrasse 26, 80333 Munich.

Lawyers belonging to a partnership of lawyers with limited professional liability (PartmbB) are obligated to maintain professional liability insurance with a minimum amount insured of EUR 2,500,000. The relevant details are provided for in section 51a of the Federal Regulations for Attorneys (Bundesrechtsanwaltordnung, BRAO).

Professional regulations:

The Federal Regulations for Attorneys (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung, BRAO),
The Rules of Professional Practice (Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte, BORA),
The Lawyers’ Fees Act (Gesetz über die Vergütung von Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälten, RVG),
The Charter of Core Principles of the European Legal Profession and Code of Conduct for European Lawyers (CCBE),
The German Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit der europäischen Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland, EuRAG) of 9 March 2000

Out-of-court dispute resolution:

In the event of any client-attorney disputes, lawyers and their clients, may, upon request, opt to seek an out-of-court dispute resolution before the competent regional Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) (pursuant to section 73 (2) no. 3 in conjunction with section 73 (5) BRAO) or the Lawyers' Mediation Board (Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft) ( (section 191f BRAO) of the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer),
(Schlichtungsstelle[at]brak[dot]de).

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Publisher:

Within the meaning of German media law and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz), the publisher and responsible party is:
MAINWERK Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Driver-Polke Golücke Panhorst Rupp

MAINWERK
Rechtsanwalt Oliver Driver-Polke
Barckhausstraße 1
D- 60325 Frankfurt am Main
T: +49 69 24 75 40 40
F: +49 69 24 75 40 49 9
post[at]mainwerk-legal[dot]de

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