All our lawyers regularly advise English-speaking clients and speak English perfectly.
Tech layoffs meet German law — and German law usually wins. US-style „termination effective immediately, laptop off“ does not work in Germany. If your employer runs a global layoff playbook, your German contract gives you rights the playbook ignores.
Typical tech cases we handle
- Global layoffs at German subsidiaries: social selection, works council rights and mass-dismissal notification (§ 17 KSchG) are regularly botched in international rollouts.
- Equity packages: options and RSUs of US/UK parents in a German exit — leaver clauses vs. German law.
- PIP pressure: performance improvement plans are often exit theatre; we turn them into negotiation positions.
- Remote work & visa questions alongside the exit — coordinated, not improvised.