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Dr. Anne Förster
Dr. Anne Förster

Dr. Anne Förster

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Anne is a specialist lawyer for employment law and advises national and international companies on all areas of individual and collective employment law.

She focuses on the provision of temporary staff and the legally compliant deployment of external personnel. She has many years of industry expertise in the IT sector and is very experienced in the structuring of flexible projects under employment law. A further strength is on questions of co-determination rights (including negotiations with works councils) as well as on advising companies in the context of restructuring processes, in particular in connection with transfers of businesses.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
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Pensions
Immigration & mobility

Sectors

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CV

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2012 Lecturer, employment law, Cologne Business School
2010 – 2011 Secondment in the legal department of a family equity company
2009 Secondment, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia
2004 – 2006 Legal clerkship, Cologne
2015 Specialist lawyer, Employment Law
2008 Doctoral degree, Philipps–University, Marburg
2007 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2006 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2002 – 2004 Research Assistant, Philipps–University, Marburg
1999 – 2000 Diploma of English Law, University of Kent
1996 – 2001 Degree in law, Philipps–University, Marburg

Career

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2012 Lecturer, employment law, Cologne Business School
2010 – 2011 Secondment in the legal department of a family equity company
2009 Secondment, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia
2004 – 2006 Legal clerkship, Cologne

Education

2015 Specialist lawyer, Employment Law
2008 Doctoral degree, Philipps–University, Marburg
2007 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2006 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2002 – 2004 Research Assistant, Philipps–University, Marburg
1999 – 2000 Diploma of English Law, University of Kent
1996 – 2001 Degree in law, Philipps–University, Marburg

Publications

IT-Sicherheit: „Firmenexistenzen und Arbeitsplätze stehen auf dem Spiel“, in: Compliance, gemeinsam mit Mareike Christine Gehrmann, 10/2021

Agile Softwareentwicklung als Compliance-Risiko, in: dotnetpro, mit Mareike Christine Gehrmann, 08/2021

Recruiting: Bewerbermanagement sicher gestalten, in: Computerwelt, mit Mareike Christine Gehrmann, 08/2021

Crowdworker sind Arbeitnehmer, in; com! professional, 05/2021

Der Verhandlungsanspruch von Tarifparteien in Deutschland und England, Peter Lang Verlag, 2009

Memberships & Associations

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im Deutschen Anwaltsverein

Additional languages

English

Awards

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2025

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Best lawyers: Employment Law

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Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

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Recommended lawyer for employment

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Leading individual: Labor and employment law

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