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Dr. Jan W. Grawe
Dr. Jan W. Grawe

Dr. Jan W. Grawe

Salary Partner

  • Frankfurt Germany
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Jan advises national and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective labour law. He represents employers before the respective labour courts and in negotiations with employee representatives. His practice focuses on advising employers on reorganisation and restructuring projects and on corporate transactions.

 

A further focus is on employment law advice for South Korean and Chinese companies with business activities in Germany. Due to Jan’s comprehensive knowledge of the transport and logistics industry, his clients also include various companies from this sector.

Expertise

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Employment, pensions & mobility
Employment
Pensions
Immigration & mobility

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CV

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2015 Associate, US-American law firm
2011 – 2014 Associate, German law firm
2009 – 2011 Associate, German employment law firm
2012 Certified specialist for Employment Law
2011 Doctoral degree, Law (Dr. iur.)
2009 Admitted as a lawyer
2009 Second state examination, Hessen
2005 First state examination, Baden-Württemberg

Career

Since 2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2015 Associate, US-American law firm
2011 – 2014 Associate, German law firm
2009 – 2011 Associate, German employment law firm

Education

2012 Certified specialist for Employment Law
2011 Doctoral degree, Law (Dr. iur.)
2009 Admitted as a lawyer
2009 Second state examination, Hessen
2005 First state examination, Baden-Württemberg

Publications

Vorbereitung und Planung einer Umstrukturierung, in: Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, 10/2021, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Bloß kein Zeitdruck, Interview in: Personalwirtschaft, 05/2021

Die Teilkündigung im deutschen Arbeitsrecht, Verlag Dr. Kovac, 2011

Airlines sue air traffic controllers’ union for unlawful strike threats, International Law Office, 29 February 2012

No discrimination of male pilots obliged to wear uniform cap within airport premises,International Law Office, 21 November 2012

Außerdienstliches Verhalten, Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht 2013, 20

German pilots union Cockpit protests against adjustment of flying times, International Law Office, 13 November 2013

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