Anne Förster - Taylor Wessing

Duesseldorf Germany

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Best Lawyers: Labor and Employment Law

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.

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

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

Education

2015 Specialist lawyer, Employment Law

2008 Doctoral degree, Philipps–University, Marburg

2007 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf

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

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2026

Featured

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

Legal 500 2025

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Anne's news & insights

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Artificial intelligence

AI literacy and prohibited AI systems under the EU AI Act: entry into force on 2 February 2025

31 January 2025

by multiple authors

Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises shareholders of aixigo AG on sale to Amundi Asset Management

15 November 2024

by multiple authors

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Artificial intelligence

AI Act: high-risk AI systems – what applies, what is due when?

12 November 2024

In-depth analysis

by Mareike Christine Gehrmann and Dr. Anne Förster

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