Christopher Krois advises on all aspects of employment and labour law with a special focus on works constitution and collective bargaining law. He specializes in complex restructurings, employee participation matters (including the formation of SEs), compensation schemes (for employees as well as board members) and occupational pension schemes (including supplementary pension schemes in the public sector).
German business weekly “Wirtschaftswoche” and business newspaper “Handelsblatt” both rank Christopher among the best German business lawyers in the field of employment law. Moreover, Christopher is included in the Best Lawyers ranking as a leading employment law lawyer in Germany. Christopher speaks German and English.
Christopher studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at Columbia Law School in New York. Subsequently he worked as a research assistant at the chair of Professor Dr. Matthias Jacobs at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg from 2008 to 2014. At the same time, he studied at the University of Münster and obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree in 2012. Afterwards he completed his legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, where he worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Latham & Watkins and the Hamburg Regional Labour Court. From September 2015 to January 2021, he worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer – starting in the Düsseldorf office in the team of Dr. Thomas Müller-Bonanni and Professor Dr. Heinz Josef Willemsen, and as of January 2018 in the Hamburg office in the team of Professor Dr. Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt and Dr. Boris Dzida.
EmLab Legal is a law firm specializing in employment and labour law. The firm‘s practice focuses on providing strategic and business-orientated legal advice to companies, board members (m/f/d) and managing directors (m/f/d) on all aspects of employment and labour law, including employee participation on supervisory board level, occupational pension schemes and employee data protection.
The partners of EmLab Legal are specialized in complex employment and labour law mandates. They have unique expertise in advising on challenging restructurings, reorganizations and transactions. EmLab Legal also advises on management participation programs and remuneration systems for listed companies in accordance with German statutory law (“DCGK” and “ARUG II”).
All partners of EmLab Legal obtained their professional experience at Freshfields. We are used to handle urgent matters promptly – no matter what time of day you need our help.
EmLab Legal stands for our professional attitude and philosophy. We advise you on a personal level and always in a solution-oriented manner.
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