Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• Czech
• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Georg Mikes is a Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (German labor law specialist) and has wide-ranging experience in labor and employment law. Before joining Jones Day, he acquired industrial experience while working in the legal department of a software giant and also practiced for several years in a smaller law firm, where he performed labor litigations at the labor courts and the appellate labor court.

Georg is currently head of the Frankfurt labor and employment law team. He works primarily on the labor aspects of transactions, but he has also handled litigation against individual employees and employee representation organizations for Jones Day clients. In addition, his practice has focused on company pension issues, employment of executives, executive compensation, and European and private international law and its interconnection with labor law. As a result of this link, he has developed a subspecialization in employee data protection matters in domestic law, EU data protection legislature, co-determination, and data protection in due diligence. He has advised major companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, telecommunication, metal, and banking industries on the use of temporary employees, the implementation of stock option plans, transfer of undertaking issues, and the scope of information requirements by employee members on a supervisory board.

Georg was born in Prague and is fluent in German, English, and Czech.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• European Labor Law
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of BASF Pharma
• Acquisition of Borchers
• Acquisition of CAA AG
• Acquisition of Cayenne Software, Inc.
• Acquisition of Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• Acquisition of controlling interest in Zehnacker Group , (2008)
• Acquisition of DiverseyLever
• Acquisition of eSeSIX assets
• Acquisition of Frankfurter Kreis' Stake in DPD
• Acquisition of Huennebeck Group
• Acquisition of Innovative Systems GmbH Navigation Multimedia
• Acquisition of Kanoldt Arzneimittel GmbH
• Acquisition of Nokia loudspeaker business
• Acquisition of Synon Corporation
• Acquisition of TEMIC Sprachverarbeitung
• Buyout
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Sale of the production facilities of ERICO GmbH
• Siebe Acquisition

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Partnerships, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Reorganizations, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Frankfurt, Germany

Education

• U of Augsburg

Published Works

• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, reprinted in Cross-border Quarterly, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Quarterly, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• Pensions Issues in European Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2006
• German Labor and Employment News, 2006
• German Labor and Employment News, 2006
• German Labor and Employment News, 2006
• German Labor and Employment News, 2005
• German Labor and Employment News, 2005
• German Labor and Employment News, 2005
• German Labor and Employment News, 2005
• German Labor and Employment News, 2004
• German Labor and Employment News, 2004
• New Personnel Market with Stumbling Blocks, PERSONALmagazin, 2004

Address

Grüneburgweg 102
60323 Frankfurt am Main
60323 Frankfurt am Main 60323, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.69.9726.3914 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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