Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Friederike Göbbels advises on all legal questions and matters pertaining to German labor law. She has worked with clients nationally and internationally, especially human resources managers and executives, on their day-to-day employment law matters, the scientific management of labor issues relating to business transactions, the ongoing servicing of employee relations, and disputes with employee representation bodies. She regularly represents companies in formal proceedings such as court procedure, authority procedure, and other specially ruled procedures. This includes support and representation services relating to the negotiation of reconciliation of interests or social plans with the works council in connection with restructuring measures. In addition to maintaining a strong relationship with clients' human resources personnel, Friederike focuses on supporting deals such as the sale, purchase, or merger of companies and on restructuring measures such as the shutdown or merger of operations and outsourcing procedures.

Friederike began her career as an attorney directly after her education at a large, internationally active German law firm of which she became a partner in 1999. In 2004 she became head of the labor & employment practice at her former firm.

Friederike is author of several publications on labor and employment law. She most recently published a guidebook of practical solutions in connection with the creation of an employment agreement. The book is geared primarily towards human resources managers and chief executives and offers helpful tips and draft clauses for constructing employment contracts in Germany.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• European Labor Law
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics , (2009)
• Acquisition of Amafilter
• Acquisition of Personality IT People Power , (2008)
• Acquisition of TIGI product business , (2009)
• Acquisition of Wittur
• Buyout , (2009)
• Issuance of Shares by LOCANIS AG
• PIPE Transaction

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Collective Bargaining, 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, International Law, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, 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

• Bavaria, Germany

Education

• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms

Published Works

• Staff Restructuring: How International Companies Are Dealing with Redundancies in the EU, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• ALERT: European Court of Justice Rules: Words Not Only Hurt, But Can Constitute Discrimination, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 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, 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

Address

Prinzregentenstr. 11
80538 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.89.20.60.42.200 (Business Phone)

Faxes

49.89.20.60.42.293 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com