Die Kanzlei Küttner

Dr. Thomas
Köllmann

Lawyer | Employment Law Specialist | Partner

Dr. Thomas Köllmann Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht | Partner koellmann[at]kuettner-rechtsanwaelte.de +49 221 22286-307 Richmodstraße 8, 50667 Köln, Deutschland Küttner Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Vita

Dr. Thomas Köllmann has practised with the firm since 2018 and was made partner in 2023. As a member of our expert team for Digital New Work and Data Protection, he advises clients with in-depth expertise and broad experience.

Dr. Köllmann’s other key areas of practice include contract drafting, matters of works constitution and collective bargaining law, as well as public sector employment law. Dr. Thomas Köllmann is well acquainted with current and forward-looking HR trends. With the interests of our clients always in view, his advice goes beyond purely legal considerations.

Advisory and Key Practice Areas

+ New Work and Employee Data Protection + Collective Bargaining and Works Constitution Law + Restructuring and Transformation + Contract Drafting + Public Sector Employment Law + Executive Advisory Services and Termination Disputes

Memberships

+ German Bar Association e.V. + Cologne Bar Association e.V. + Employment Law Working Group at the German Bar Association e.V. + European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)

Professional Background

+ Elevation to the Partnership + Employment Law Specialist + Joined Küttner Rechtsanwälte + Doctoral studies at the University of Cologne under Prof. Dr. Martin Henssler, focusing on works constitution and data protection law + Completed legal internship at the Regional Court of Cologne, including placements with the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the German Embassy in Bangkok, and Küttner Rechtsanwälte + Served as a research associate in the employment law team at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer + Held a position at the Institute for Labour and Business Law, University of Cologne + Studied law at the University of Cologne, specialising in commercial law

Presentations and Lectures (Selection)

+ EU-Entgelttransparenzrichtlinie – Folgen für die Praxis, Ausschuss Rechts- und Steuerpolitik, IHK Köln, 10. September 2024 + Gleiches Entgelt für alle? Equal Pay in der Praxis, Arbeitskreis Personal der IHK Köln, 20. Februar 2024 + „Betriebsvereinbarungsoffenheit“ reloaded, Änderung arbeitsvertraglicher Zusagen durch Betriebsvereinbarung, Kölner Forum zum Arbeitsrecht, 20. April 2023 + „Shared Desk“ - Arbeitsplätze der Zukunft, Kleiner Lübecker Arbeitsschutztag, 18. November 2022 + Der Auflösungsantrag in der Praxis, 83. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht, 11./12. März 2022 + Update 3G am Arbeitsplatz – FAQs aus der Praxis (gemeinsam mit Dr. Michel Hoffmann, LL.B.), BVMW, 15. Dezember 2021 + Das Betriebsrätemodernisierungsgesetz, KAV Onlineseminar, 20. September 2021

Distinctions

+ Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt: Ones to Watch in Employment Law in 2025, 2024 & 2023 + Awarded the Küttner Doctoral Prize 2022 by the Faculty of Law, University of Cologne + JUVE Handbook 2022/2023: Frequently recommended, reliable and highly competent + JUVE Handbook 2023/2024: “Prudent strategist”; “exceptional subject-matter knowledge”

Publications

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