Your course
to success.
Employment Law Advice for
Companies and Executives
ABOUT US
Anchored
in excellence
NEWHAVEN, founded by Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke, stands for first-class employment law advice for companies and executives. The firm is distinguished by professional excellence, in-depth expertise, and practice-oriented solutions. Since 2013, I have successfully represented clients in highly complex projects, often in the public eye – always with unwavering commitment to my clients' interests and a clear focus on current and future developments.
The law firm
What sets NEWHAVEN apart
Professional Excellence
Focused expertise in employment law, gained through years of leading roles in highly complex projects at tier-one law firms.
Spirit of Innovation and Creativity
Solutions for clients that go beyond the conventional. NEWHAVEN stands for new approaches and actively shapes the employment law discourse on current issues.
Focus on Client Interests
Achieving the best outcome for our clients is what drives us. NEWHAVEN stands for drive, energy, and flexibility, with a clear focus on your individual needs.
SERVICES
Our Advisory
Focus Areas
Contract Drafting and Negotiation
Individual solutions for your contract drafting, especially service contracts with board members and managing directors, termination and settlement agreements, employment contracts, compensation agreements, employee participation programs and non-compete clauses.
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management
Judicial and extrajudicial dispute resolution, advisory services on separation processes, directors' and officers' liability, supply chain compliance, whistleblowing, internal investigations, as well as communication support (legal communication, litigation PR).
Collective Labor Law
Advising on corporate co-determination and participation rights of SE Works Councils and European Works Councils, negotiations with employee representatives, drafting and concluding collective agreements, as well as supporting related legal proceedings.
Board-Level Co-Determination
Strategic structural consulting, including legal form selection, support with supervisory board elections, and employment law advice on the establishment of European Companies (SE).
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings
Support in employment law due diligence in M&A transactions and in the drafting of company purchase agreements, advice on domestic and cross-border reorganizations, including the drafting of reorganization plans, agreements and reports, as well as coordination with domestic and foreign law firms.
Restructuring and Insolvency
Restructuring of corporate groups, including carve-outs, operational changes, and workforce reductions, including in insolvency situations, supported by practical in-house experience at Novartis, and employment law advisory in insolvency matters.