Our Practice Areas
Strategic Thinking.
With dedication, bold ideas, and deep industry insight, Küttner delivers measurable results across all areas of employment law. Close enough is never good enough.
Let's create something extraordinary. These are our key specialization areas:
We think strategically, act decisively, and resolve your case with maximum value – both in and out of court. Strategic in thought. Strong in execution. Principled – never off the shelf. Always on point.
Digital New Work and Data Protection
New Workforce. New Rules. Digitalisation and automation are reshaping the economy, the way we interact, and, most importantly, employment law.
Be it New Work, working from home or on the move, agile work, or flexible work hours. As a leading employment law firm, we provide our client’s a competitive edge for tomorrow’s workforce. We support you in navigating the evolving world of work with solutions that make change manageable and results tangible. We provide a strategic framework for digitalisation and automation. We deliver clarity every inch of the way.
Compliance / Internal Investigations
Sustainable compliance management secures a lasting competitive advantage while safeguarding your values. Reliable and reputable.
We support you in implementing robust, legally sound compliance solutions. This is how we create a solid foundation for ensuring legal compliance and mitigating liability risks for businesses and their leaders. At the same time, we assist you in uncovering compliance breaches and conducting internal investigations. Ensuring a sustainable, solid, and legally sound future for your business.
Occupational Pensions
Occupational pension plans play a key role in attracting talent and retaining skilled professionals over the long term.
At the same time, it constitutes a highly complex area from both an economic and legal perspective. Companies should place special focus on this. This makes targeted legal support even more crucial when establishing, adjusting, implementing, and winding up occupational pension schemes. Our team of experts offers comprehensive support across all practice areas.
Pay Transparency & Equal Pay
The EU Pay Transparency Directive aims to strengthen the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value and to increase transparency within companies.
This directive also introduces additional requirements, including mandatory salary disclosures in job postings, expanded employee rights to request pay information disclosure, and new reporting duties. In addition, compensation systems and job profiles must be reviewed and, where necessary, adjusted. Being proactive and preparing for this is essential to meeting these new legal obligations.
Works Constitution Law
The Works Constitution Law established the fundamental framework for cooperation between employees and employers. The representation of worker’s interest is a core element of German employment law.
Reconciling the employer and employee interests often constitutes a major challenge. In addition to legal considerations, negotiation skills and strategic thinking are crucial. At the same time, a good working relationship within the company benefits both workforce and employer. To achieve this, we combine legal expertise, long-standing experience, and a forward-thinking approach. We’re known for being forward-looking and for our quick grasp of complex matters – and for guiding workplace partner negotiations. For a future-oriented, sustainable, and competitive operational structure.
Transformation and Restructuring
Fast, flexible, and focused on demanding challenges. Our approach to conceptualizing and executing transformation and restructuring projects is a fundamental element of Küttner’s success.
We are your employment law partner in supporting strategic restructuring and reorganisations, financial consolidations, and transformation processes. We are frequently recognised with awards for our expertise in renovation, restructuring, and transformation projects. By integrating our team into the existing project and team structures, we ensure streamlined communication and quick response times. From collaborative project organisation and management to strategy development and the production of deliverables, we work alongside you every step of the way. It goes without saying that we take an active role in negotiations with the employer and works council, as well as in the implementation and communication of agreements.
Use of External Personnel
Engaging temporary and contract workers provides flexibility in response to fluctuating staffing needs but also presents potential pitfalls.
We support you in the strategic planning and implementation of external personnel resources. We provide solutions to complex matters such as service contracts, contracting, Employer of Record (EoR), freelancers, crowdworking, temporary work, and contracting, ensuring you meet your staffing needs swiftly and reliably. We are your sparring partner when it comes to seizing opportunities and mitigating risks.
Executive Coaching / Top Executives
A key focus of our work is advising executives, top management, and senior leaders on the initiation, execution, and termination of employment and service contracts.
From the establishment of employment relationships and post-contractual competition prohibitions to defending against liability claims, we support you every step of the way and are by your side. The cornerstone to our approach is maintaining maximum proximity to your operational business, combined with in-depth industry expertise and end-to-end legal support. Modern legal advice under one roof.
