Dr. Bernhard Trappehl serves as managing partner of the Firm’s German offices since 2007 and heads the Munich employment department. He frequently speaks at seminars and gives in-house trainings on a wide range of employment matters, and regularly contributes to various publications, books, newspapers and law journals.
Practice Focus
Dr. Trappehl provides comprehensive employment law advice to domestic and multinational clients, particularly those involving pre- and post-merger corporate restructurings, collective dismissals as well as negotiations with works councils — national and European — and unions. He also counsels on outsourcing projects, service and work contracts for and separation from senior management employees. Dr. Trappehl also advises on pension and benefit schemes, email monitoring, data privacy and compliance investigations.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advising large multinational and domestic clients i.e. Fortune 500 and DAX 30 companies particularly in the automotive, IT and pharmaceuticals & healthcare industry.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Munich Bar Association
- German Lawyer's Association
- Employment Law Specialists Forum
Admission
Madrid~Spain (2002)
Germany (1996)
Education
University of Berlin
(Dr. jur.)
(1996)
University of Munich
(Assessor Exam)
(1992)
University of Munich
(Referendar Exam)
(1989)
University of Hamburg
University of Lausanne
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