Moritz Kunz
Moritz is partner in our employment, pensions and incentives practice and based in our Frankfurt office.
Moritz heads our employment, pensions and incentives practice in Germany and is based in our Frankfurt office. As a certified specialist in employment law, he has broad experience in all fields of individual and collective employment law.
Moritz advises international and German companies on all employment and pension law matters. He focuses on advising on employment law aspects of reorganisations and transformations as well as outsourcing and carve-out projects. In addition, he regularly provides advice on employment and pension aspects of corporate transactions. Moritz brings extensive experience in designing remuneration systems and represents employers in labour court proceedings and in negotiations with works councils and trade unions. Furthermore, he advises employers on employee data protection matters and supports internal investigations from both employment law and data protection perspectives.
Moritz is listed as one of “Germany’s best lawyers” for Employment law by Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt since 2020 and has been recommended for employment law by both Chambers and JUVE.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- an international manufacturer of carbon products on the reorganisation of a business unit and ongoing on employment law matters
- a major French bank ongoing on employment law matters and on negotiations with the works council
- a major international bank on separation from senior bankers in Germany
- Klarna on employment law and data protection aspects of several acquisitions in the online payment services sector as well as ongoing on employment law matters
- a German investment company in the field of renewable energies sector on separation from senior executives and various employment law matters
- a leading private equity fund on employment law aspects in connection with a bidding process to purchase a solar module business
- an international hotel group on the carve-out of a business unit, board member service agreements and dismissal protection lawsuits with senior executives
- a pharmaceutical company on restructuring in Germany and on negotiations with the works council
- 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
- an international recruitment specialist on data protection and employee data protection matters
- Avedon Capital Partners on the acquisition of all shares in IoT platform provider Cumulocity GmbH from Software GmbH
- Sumitomo Corporation on its investment in EEW Offshore Wind
- AGCO on the carve-out and acquisition of the software division of BayWa subsidiary FarmFact
Background
Moritz graduated from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and was admitted to the German bar in 2007. He focused in employment law from the beginning of his career and is admitted to practice as a certified specialist in employment law since 2011. Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills in 2014, Moritz worked with the employment groups of other major international law firms. He is fluent in English.
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