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Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) · Partner
Dr. Gerd Wiedemann
Certified Specialist in Employment Law
Dr. Gerd Wiedemann has been a partner in the firm since 1988 and a Certified Specialist in Employment Law since 1992. He advises on individual and collective employment law, church employment law and restructurings, and negotiates with works councils and trade unions. He also practises in tenancy law and general civil law.
Practice areas
Individual employment law
- Review of dismissals and negotiation of severance payments
- Drafting and review of employment, termination and service agreements
- Representation in matters of formal warnings, transfers and fixed-term contracts
- Enforcement of claims to pay and annual leave
- Review of employment references
- Advice for executives and managing directors
Collective employment law & co-determination
- Advice on works constitution and co-determination
- Conducting negotiations with works councils and trade unions
- Drafting of works agreements and representation before conciliation boards
- Advice on collective bargaining law
Church employment law
- Advice on staff representation law (MAVO, MVG)
- Application and interpretation of church employment regulations (AVR, ABD, etc.)
- Advice for church institutions and their staff
- Representation before church labour courts
Restructurings
- Planning of operational changes and transfers of undertakings
- Negotiation of reconciliation of interests and social plan
- Strategic support for workforce reductions
- Support in negotiations with employee representative bodies
Tenancy law
- Drafting and review of commercial leases
- Advice for landlords and tenants on residential tenancy law
- Support with rent increase demands
- Review of service charge statements
- Enforcement of and defence against notices to quit, and representation in eviction proceedings
Curriculum vitae
1979–1984Studied law at the universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Bonn
1984First State Examination in Law (Bavaria)
1985–1988Legal clerkship in Nuremberg
1986Freelance associate at the law firm Christ, Nuremberg
1986–1987Research assistant at the Institute of Business and Employment Law, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
1987Second State Examination in Law (Bavaria)
1987–1988Legal internship at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
since 1988Lawyer and partner at Dr. Roth & Kollegen
1990Doctorate (Dr. jur.): “The historical development of occupational pensions with particular regard to employment law”
since 1992Certified Specialist in Employment Law
TodayPassionately at your service in Gewürzmühlstraße
Personal details
- Born
- 1958 in Erlangen
- Languages
- German, English
- Memberships
- German Bar Association (DAV)
Employment Law Working Group of the DAV - Publications
- Die historische Entwicklung der betrieblichen Altersversorgung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Arbeitsrechts (doctoral thesis, 1990)
- Die arbeitsrechtliche Entwicklung der betrieblichen Altersversorgung in Deutschland 1920–1974, Archiv für Sozialgeschichte vol. 31, pp. 157 ff.
- Rechtliche Probleme des Datenschutzes im Klinikbereich, Medizinisch-Orthopädische Technik 1991, pp. 138 ff.
- Contact
- Gewürzmühlstraße 5, 80538 Munich
089 55 26 26 0 · wiedemann@copyroth.de
