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Sybille Steiner

Partner and head of employment team; also qualified and admitted as a lawyer in Germany and practising as a German lawyer. Assisting businesses from the UK and abroad (medium, large and listed companies, including household names in the UK and from German speaking countries) as well as individuals, usually on board level, with all aspects of contentious and non-contentious English and German employment law. The advice usually involves international and cross border employment issues and often questions of applicable law, as well as state immunity. Specialities: drafting and negotiating contracts of employment and executives’ service agreements and restrictive covenants, termination of employment contracts and service agreements, negotiating settlement agreements, discrimination claims, collective and individual redundancies, business sales and acquisitions (including TUPE transfers). Legal support provided in English or German. · Irwin Mitchell

EnglandEmployment, Corporate / M&AEnglish, German

About

Partner and Head of Employment Team at Irwin Mitchell, qualified and admitted as a lawyer in Germany and practising as a German lawyer. Advises UK and international businesses and senior individuals on contentious and non-contentious English and German employment law, with a focus on cross-border issues, applicable law and state immunity.

Practice areas

EmploymentCorporate / M&ALitigation

Office

Expertise

Drafting and negotiating contracts of employment and executives' service agreementsRestrictive covenants and confidentiality agreementsTermination of employment and service agreements; negotiating settlement agreementsDiscrimination claims and employment litigationCollective and individual redundanciesTUPE and employment aspects of business sales and acquisitionsCross-border and international employment law (English and German law)Issues of applicable law and state immunityBoard-level employment advice

Education

  • Gymnasium am Waldhof, Bielefeld, Germany
  • University of Bielefeld, Germany — Law Degree (Distinction) and qualification as German lawyer (1986); PhD Law (magna cum laude) (1990)
  • College of Law — Law Society Finals First Class Honours (1992)
  • King's College London — European Young Lawyers scholarship programme

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (1992)
  • Qualified and admitted as a lawyer in Germany (practising as a German lawyer)

Languages

EnglishGerman