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Areas of Expertise
NEWHAVEN offers first-class employment law advice for companies and executives on complex issues and demanding projects. We support you in the following 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 with employment law due diligence in M&A transactions and the drafting of share and asset purchase agreements, advisory services on domestic and cross-border transformations, including the preparation of transformation plans, agreements, and reports, as well as coordination with domestic and international 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.
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