Dr Anja Lingscheid
Dr Anja Lingscheid is a Counsel in our Employment, Pension and Incentives practice based in Frankfurt.
Anja has more than 15 years of experience advising in all areas of German individual and collective employment law. She advises international and German companies in particular in relation to acquisitions, transformations (recently transformations into a SE especially) and restructurings (mass redundancy/workforce reductions). Her focus of activity moreover includes co-determination on company level, internal investigations and issues related to the German General Equal Treatment Act. She also represents corporate clients in employment law proceedings and in negotiations with works councils.
Anja regularly speaks and publishes on her specialist subjects. She is an editor of Tschöpe's "Arbeitsrecht Handbuch" and co-editor and author of the book "Restructuring and M&A - German Employment Law Guide".
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a multinational investment bank and financial services company on a complex restructuring project, including the employment law aspects of a substantial workforce reduction in Germany, and representation of the employer in multiple dismissal protection claims before the German labour courts
- an international manufacturer of carbon products on the reorganisation of a business unit and ongoing on employment law matters
- an international car leasing group on serious compliance incidents, including internal investigations, employment law remediation and related personnel measures, litigation before German regional courts, and support with GDPR data subject access requests (Art. 15 GDPR)
- a German investment company in the renewable energies sector on a litigation arising from the departure of an entire team to a competitor (including applications for preliminary injunctions to protect trade secrets), a significant workforce reduction in Germany as well as claims relating to dismissal protection and bonus entitlements
- a French fleet managing and operational car leasing company on a dispute with its managing director relating to the immediate termination of the employment contract
an international hotel group on the carve-out of a business unit, board member service agreements and dismissal protection lawsuits with senior executives - profine Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of PVC profiles for windows and front doors, on restructuring projects, works council matters and in the negotiation of collective agreements with the trade union IG BCE
- Palladio Partners, an investment boutique focusing on private markets, on an investment in hylane, one of Europe's leading providers of zero-emission truck leasing solutions
- Rheinmetall on the acquisition of Lürssen's naval division NVL
- Avedon Capital Partners on the acquisition of all shares in IoT platform provider Cumulocity GmbH from Software GmbH
- ANEX Group on the acquisition of Bucher Reisen and ÖGER Tours from the insolvent Thomas Cook Group
- Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited on the employment law aspects of the sale of its German cinema exhibition division, CineStar, to UK-based Vue International Bidco Plc.
- Wang family on the employment law aspects of the acquisition of Grammer AG (German automotive supplier). The Wang family, majority shareholder of the internationally active Chinese automotive supplier Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co. acquires a majority shareholding in Grammer via its German acquisition company, Jiye Auto Parts GmbH
- leading Global Biopharmaceutical Solutions Organization on the employment aspects of mergers of group companies in Germany and subsequent harmonization of employment conditions
Background
Anja studied and obtained her doctorate (2004) at the University of Cologne. She was admitted to the bar in Germany in 2002 and is a certified specialist for employment law (Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht) since 2007. Before joining the firm Anja worked for other international law firms as well as inhouse for a leading international industrial services provider as a senior legal advisor for employment law.
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