Overview
Dr. Thomas Gennert focuses his practice on labor and employment law. He advises clients on the entire field of individual and collective employment law, data-privacy law and compliance, and employment-related litigation as well as employment-related matters in mergers and acquisition transactions. He also advises managing directors and corporate bodies on negotiation and termination of service agreements and liability related matters.
Previously, Thomas worked for an international law firm in Düsseldorf and New York focusing on corporate law, merger and acquisition transactions, arbitration and regulatory law for financial institutions. During his legal traineeship he worked, inter alia, for the Ministry of Economics of the state North Rhine-Westphalia.
Thomas has been certified as a “Specialist Lawyer for Labor & Employment Law”. He regularly publishes articles on labor and employment law topics and is also a lecturer in professional trainings and seminars.
Results
- Advised a German retail company with more than 1,000 employees on employment-related post restructuring issues and various legal proceedings
- Advised a leading German defense engineering group on various employment-related matters
- Advised a global food group in its acquisition of the worldwide cocoa business of a leading cocoa producing company with more than 1,500 employees for US$1.3 billion
- Advised a US textile group in its acquisition of a French underwear company from an investment fund
- Advised an automotive supplier with more than 1,000 employees on its out-of-court restructuring
- Advised an Austrian real estate group in its acquisition of a German retail group with more than 16,000 employees
- Advised the supervisory board of a group operating automobile workshops with more than 10,000 employees on its out-of-court restructuring
