Dr. Kristian Horn
Certified Specialist in Employment Law · Certified Specialist in Commercial and Corporate Law
Dr. Kristian Horn has been with the firm since 2005 and a partner since 2010. He advises on individual, collective and church employment law, on operational restructurings and on the law of corporations and partnerships, supports M&A transactions for small and medium-sized companies from negotiation through to contract, and also practises in general civil law. He also handles international mandates and advises in English. As a partner of the firm and Chairman of the Executive Board of the Augenklinik Herzog Carl Theodor Foundation, he bears entrepreneurial responsibility himself – experience that feeds directly into his advice to companies, managing directors and executives.
Practice areas
Individual & collective 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
- Advice on works constitution and co-determination
- Conducting negotiations with works councils and trade unions
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
Operational 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
Corporate law
- Advice for corporations (GmbH, AG)
- Advice for partnerships (GbR, OHG, KG)
- Drafting of partnership agreements and articles of association
- Representation in shareholder disputes
- Review and defence of managing director liability
Articles
Garden leave after notice: Federal Labour Court strikes down the standard clause
Almost every employment contract allows the employer to release the employee from work after notice has been given. The Federal Labour Court considers such a blanket clause invalid – with consequences for the company car as well.
KHDr. Kristian HornDefault of acceptance: what the employer may learn about the job search
Anyone claiming back pay after an invalid dismissal must accept a deduction for what they maliciously fail to earn. The Federal Labour Court has clarified how far the employer can demand information on this.
KHDr. Kristian HornEmployment contract by e-mail? What has applied under the Evidence Act since 2025
Since 1 January 2025, employers may provide evidence of the essential terms of employment in text form. The relief is welcome – but it has limits that are often overlooked in practice.
KHDr. Kristian HornCurriculum vitae
Personal details
- Born
- 1978 in Stade
- Languages
- German, English
- Further role
- Chairman of the Executive Board of the Augenklinik Herzog Carl Theodor Foundation, Munich
www.augenklinik-muenchen.de - Leisure
- Playing the piano, skiing and hiking in the mountains
- Publications
- Arbeitsrechtlicher Kündigungsschutz und Europarecht. Zur Europarechtskonformität von § 2 IV AGG unter Berücksichtigung der Bestimmungen zum allgemeinen und besonderen Kündigungsschutz (doctoral thesis; on the compatibility of § 2(4) AGG with EU law, taking account of general and special protection against dismissal), Nomos, Baden-Baden 2009, 210 pages, series of the Augsburg Center for Global Economic Law and Regulation
- Contact
- Gewürzmühlstraße 5, 80538 Munich
089 55 26 26 0 · horn@copyroth.de
