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Dr. Kilian Friemel
Dr. Kilian Friemel

Dr. Kilian Friemel

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Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

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As a specialist lawyer for labour law, Kilian advises national and international companies as well as employers' associations on all questions of labour law. He heads the German Practice Group Employment, Pensions & Mobility. Clients value his negotiating skills and his expertise in developing concepts for flexible personnel, pay and working hours.

 

In addition, he is a specialist in drafting contracts for the use of flexible personnel resources (temporary employment, interim management, freelancers, contracts for work and services), which he links with strategic issues during restructuring. His advice therefore begins long before the deployment of external personnel, and also explicitly includes negotiations with works councils and trade unions. In addition, Killian has extensive experience in supervising tax audits by the Deutsche Rentenversicherung and the Bundesagentur der Arbeit.

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CV

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2003 – 2009 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2009 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2003 – 2009 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Publications

Interview von: Forian Gontek, in Spiegel+ und manager magazin - Arbeitgeber müssen Tausende Verträge anpassen

NZG 2012, 1249 – Die Ausheb. der Haftungskonzentration nach § 8 Abs. 2 PartGG durch Scheinpartner

NJW 2010, S. 2332 Stahlhacke, Kündigung und Kündigungsschutz im Arbeitsverhältnis

NZS 2011, 851 – Muss Zeitarbeitsbranche Milliarden nachzahlen?

Personalmagazin 11/2011– Eröffnungsartikel der Serie –Arbeitszeit: So ist Arbeitszeiterhöhung möglich

AIP 2011 Nr. 6 – CGZP auch in der Vergangenheit tariffähig

Handelsblatt 14.06.2011 – Sozialkasse contra Zeitarbeit

Personalmagazin 4/2011– Prozessflut erwartet: Gehaltsnachforderungen von Leiharbeitnehmern

AuA 2010, 208 – Personalreduzierung und unternehmerische Flexibilität - Vorteile von Leiharbeit

NJW 2010, 1557 – Lowperformer II

Memberships & Associations

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht
Deutscher Anwaltverein
Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V.

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Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

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Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

JUVE 2025/2026

Knowledgeable, refreshing, creative, competitor

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

Best lawyers: Employment Law

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Employment law

Always accessible, quick solutions and above all with vision. Goes far beyond mere legal advice!

“Top advice, quick solutions and a very reliable way of working with sustainable solutions”, client

“Professionally good, refreshing and creative”, competitor

Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Recommended lawyer for employment

'Legally very competent; precise and comprehensive handling of the issues in question; prompt responses; showing "feasible" solutions even in complex matters - all this applies to individual employment law as well as to collective employment law, and this applies in particular to Kilian Friemel'.

TOP Lawyer for Employment Law

Frequently recommended lawyer: Employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Frequently recommended lawyer for Employment Law

"very professional, competent and always prompt support", client; "very active; experienced and pragmatic", competitor

"really good cooperation, fast and good feedback", client

Leading individual: Labor and employment law

"Kilian Friemel is always up to date and provides fast, high quality and friendly feedback at all times."

Experience

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Saint-Gobain on the acquisition of all the shares of Kaimann GmbH, Hövelhof, one of the leading European manufacturers of elastomeric insulating materials. With this acquisition, the Saint-Gobain Group strengthened its position as market leader and complemented its portfolio of materials and technologies. Taylor Wessing has a long-standing client relationship with Saint-Gobain.

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Ongoing employment law advice

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