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Annika Rahn

Annika Rahn

Senior Associate

  • Munich Germany
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Annika is a specialist lawyer for employment law and a member of the Employment, Pensions and Mobility Practice Area. She advises German and international companies as well as executives in all areas of individual and collective employment law. Her practice includes employment law advice in complex and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings, as well as advising clients on employment law aspects in restructurings and reorganizations involving employee representatives.

In addition, Annika's practice focuses on drafting employment contracts and advising on the formation and termination of employment relationships.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
Immigration & mobility
Pensions

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Legal trainee in a major international law firm and a boutique law firm specialising in employment law
2019 - 2021 Research Assistant in a boutique law firm specialising in employment law
2025 Specialist lawyer for labor law
2022 Admitted to the Bar
2021 Second state examination, Munich
2019 - 2021 Legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
2013 - 2018 Legal studies, University of Hamburg and Lund University

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Legal trainee in a major international law firm and a boutique law firm specialising in employment law
2019 - 2021 Research Assistant in a boutique law firm specialising in employment law

Education

2025 Specialist lawyer for labor law
2022 Admitted to the Bar
2021 Second state examination, Munich
2019 - 2021 Legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
2013 - 2018 Legal studies, University of Hamburg and Lund University

Publications

Der Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen in arbeitsgerichtlichen Verfahren, NZA 2024, 1397 ff., mit Klara Pototzky

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English

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors in the bidding process for Grant Thornton Germany

Provided comprehensive German legal advice to US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors LLC in the bidding process for the audit firm Grant Thornton Germany.

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