Berlin—Global law firm Dentons appointed Berlin employment lawyer Dr. Markus Diepold into the German partnership effective from January 01, 2014. Markus is a certified specialized lawyer for employment law and has been working for the German Employment team since 2009. He started as a senior associate in the Berlin office.
Markus’ clients include globally acting groups, companies and executives. The main emphasis of his work lies on the national and international employment as well as social security law. He has widespread experience in the area of restructuring of companies as well as the associated negotiations on coordination of interests, social plans and labor agreements. Furthermore, he holds established experience in litigation at the labor courts, higher labor courts and the German Federal Labor Court in all questions regarding individual and collective employment law. On a regular basis Markus presents lectures on topics concerning employment law. He has authored numerous publications.
Andreas Ziegenhagen, Managing Partner Dentons Germany, looks forward to continuing cooperation with Markus: “In him, we have found a new partner who enjoys an extraordinary high reputation with his clients and colleagues and who follows a very practical consulting approach. This strengthens our Employment Practice as well as the partnership as a whole.” Markus commented, “I have been growing with this office, and I am confident that we will keep being successful in our Employment Practice as well.”
As well as Markus, Aurélien Chardeau (Corporate) and Maxime Simonnet (Real Estate), both from the Paris office, as well as Roman Zaitsev (Litigation) from the Moscow office have also been accepted into the Dentons partnership. Tomasz Dabrowski, Chief Executive Officer of Dentons Europe said, “I am delighted to announce that these four highly respected lawyers have been promoted to the position of partner. Promotion of our best internal talent is of great importance to the future of our Firm, and these promotions also showcase the strength we have to offer clients in France, Germany and Russia.”
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