
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Wirbelauer, of Counsel
German qualified lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
wolfram.wirbelauer@trustberg.com
Professor of Business Law
Labour Law (individual and collective), Compliance, employee data protection law
German, English
Track record (selection):
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Legal assessment in German labour and social security law on a stock options plan drafted for an European telecommunication company.
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Representation of a medical center’s chief physician before the employment courts.
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Compliance investigation and legal assessment in industrial constitution law for an international software company.
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Dismissal protection trial representation for an executive employee of a supra regional advertising agency.
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Drafting of a legal fact book as a part of a sales and purchase procedure concerning the purchase of a Dax 30 company´s international sub companies.
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Legal advice and drafting of employee secondment contracts and corporate immigration procedures for an U.S. American global player in soft drink production and sales.
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Legal advice and drafting of the termination agreements for the CEO of an Asian sub company of a German pharmaceutical industry company.
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Legal due diligence assessment within a sale and purchase procedure concerning the acquisition of a group of hotels by an American investor.
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Dismissal protection trial for the head of compliance of an international weapons manufacturer.
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Negotiation of a company bargaining agreement for an international pharmaceutical company as part of a post-merger integration.
Vita:
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Law studies in Mainz, Jena and Gießen
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Studies in Business Administration in Liverpool (UK)
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Admission to the German bar 2009
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Ph.D. (Dr. iur. 2012) in legal history
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Appointment as a Professor of Business Law 2018
Important professional positions:
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG
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International law firm KayeScholer (Germany) LLP
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Federal Association of German Employers' Associations
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International lobbying at BusinessEurope (Brussels, BE)
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International Law firm Covington & Burling LLP
Areas of activity:
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Legal advice and court representation in individual and collective labour law
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Compliance
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Employee data protection law
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Legal advice and court representation to corporate directors and officers
Publications and Lectures:
Lectures held (selection):
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"Private Internet use at the workplace" (entrepreneur breakfast 2017, FOM University of Applied Sciences)
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"Legality of the current practice of repeat fixed-term employment in the German public service under German constitutional and European law." (Lecture 2015 at the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Finance, Münster)
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"Use of Employers` IT Equipment - Internet/Mail & Phone as a Matter of Data Security Compliance" (Labour Law Day 2014 of AGV Ruhr-Niederrhein, Duisburg)
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“System and Functioning of the Politically Influenced Criminal Justice and Trials at the Former GDR.” (Berlin Hohenschönhausen 2004, as head of the Foreign and Security Policy Working Group)
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"Constitutional Law and International Law Assessment of the Second Iraq War" (Lecture 2003 at amnesty international and CDU)
Publications (selection):
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"Distinction between permissible obstruction of access and company boycott" (jurisPR-ArbR 30/2018)
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"Requirement of a works council training according to § 37 Abs. 6 BetrVG and relevant date of review" (jurisPR-ArbR 5/2018)
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"The creation of a contractual non-compete obligation for the GmbH managing director" (MDR 2/2018, 61-67)
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"The term " recruitment " after the entry into force of the AÜG Amendment Act" - A methodological study taking into account national economic aspects - (NZA 15/2017, 970 - 976)
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"Tobacco "Plain-Packaging" Legislation and the Right of Use and Enjoyment of European Registered Trademarks in an European and International Law Perspective" (IPRB 2016, 137-141)
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"Legal Force of Enforcement Orders from Legally not Competent Courts" (Publications 2013 UVF Frankfurt)
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Doctoral Thesis Concerning “History of the Notaryship, City Courts and Land Registers of the State of Hesse” (Dissertation Univ. Gießen 2012)