I am an employment and labor law partner at CMS Germany. My strength lies in my in-depth understanding of the economic environment in which clients operate. With my team, I strive to forge workable and strategically sensible business solutions to real-world problems. Also, I advise German and foreign multinational companies, particularly on the issues of restructuring, on national and international labor issues and compliance aspects. Frequently I act as a business partner and a consultant to the management in order to structure business plans and strategies from an HR/employment perspective.

In a global arena where national jurisdictions play a lesser role, I have particular expertise in cross-border aspects and head corresponding European projects such as cross-border transfers of business (outsourcing, offshoring), issues of compliance, cross-border audits and compliance and internal investigations with regards to compliance issues, matrix structures of multinational companies, European works councils, the implementation of codes of conduct and whistle-blowing systems, the assignment/relocation of employees, data privacy issues and holistic production systems. I developed the "EU Labor & Employment Law Navigator" – a comparative analysis of labor law systems in Europe.

I have been a frequent moderator and panelist at national and international conferences on international HR legal issues and cross-border labor and employment law issues, such as the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Employment Law Council. Also, I am a lecturer at the leading European business school, Cranfield University, UK, for its MBA program in International Human Resources Management. Finally, I have published numerous articles in German and English; and my specialties are arbeitsrecht, labor relations and restructurings.