Nico Jänicke

Berlin Germany

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Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Nico is a specialist lawyer for employment law. Nico advises national and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law. As an experienced expert in the field of managing litigation, he advises his clients on all disputes in court relating to individual and collective law.

A further focus of his expertise is on restructurings and international transactions. Nico has special experience in the area of planning virtual employee profit-sharing schemes and in the creation and enforcement of non-compete covenants. He also increasingly advises employment agencies in the area of compliance. In addition, Nico is a regular speaker at APSCo Deutschland GmbH.

Nico and Gregor Schmid are the local managing directors of Taylor Wessing's Berlin office.

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Our international employee incentives practice advises on the full range of management and employee incentive arrangements.

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CV

Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2009 Second legal state examination

2008 Legal clerkship, Pusch Wahlig

2008 Legal clerkship, Lindenpartners

Publications

Operational Changes in Small Operations, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 11/2011, p. 677

Dissolution Petition of the Employer, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 10/2011, p. 616

Design of Termination Agreements, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 09/2011, p. 522 et seq

Dynamic Referral to the National Agreement for Public Sector White-Collar Workers, “Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht” 05/2011, p. 310

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020, 2021, 2022

Experience

Advising General Catalyst on USD 223 million Series B financing

German AI defence company Helsing raises USD 223 (€209) million in capital in a Series B funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst, which was comprehensively advised by our team and led by Berlin-based VC partner Dr Norman Röchert on all legal aspects of the transaction.

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Dr. Norman Röchert, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Felix Paul, LL.M.

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr. Michael Brüggemann

Malke Kristina Zimmermann

Tim Hendricks

Nico Jänicke

Sophie Burmeister

Dr Bert Kimpel

Elnaz Mehrkhah

Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Dr. Eva Surowiecki, LL.B. (London)

Timo Stellpflug

Alessa Steigertahl

Dr. Tim Wünnemann

Dr. Alexander Rubusch, LL.M.

Dr. Eugen Reismann

Katrin Isabelle Schultz

Acquisition of Kolibri Games by Ubisoft

One of the premier developers of mobile free-to-play games and one of the leaders of the “idle” games genre, on its 75% acquisition by Ubisoft.

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Dr Bert Kimpel

Nico Jänicke

Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

Dr. Norman Röchert, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Maria Weiers

Johannes Simon, LL.M. (Durham)

Elnaz Mehrkhah

Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG on its public takeover of the Belgian company Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA

Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, a German FSE stock listed company on all aspects of a cross-border merger. Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, one of the world's largest suppliers of isotope technology components for radiation therapy and nuclear medicine with headquarters in Berlin, as absorbing entity merged with the Belgian Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA, which was listed on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The transaction is a rare example of cross-border mergers of two listed companies on the basis of the European harmonized requirements of the EU Company Directive (EU) 2017/1132.

Press release

Dr. Sebastian Buder

Nico Jänicke

Thanos Rammos, LL.M.

Dr. Sebastian Beyer, LL.M. (Auckland)