Dr. Guido Zeppenfeld, LLM (University of Essex)

Employment Law

• Advised leading international construction equipment manufacturer based in the United States regarding all labor law matters in 25 jurisdictions relating to the sale of a global business branch.
• Advised the German Financial Market Stabilization Fund on all labor law matters during the setup of the first German “bad bank” for WestLB.
• Advised Beijing Automotive (BAIC) on all labor law and company pension matters in the bidding process regarding the acquisition of Opel from General Motors.
• Advised Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG on all labor law and company pension matters relating to the proposed outsourcing of their private banking unit.
• Advised Hudson Advisors on plant shut-downs in Eastern Germany.
• Advised a company in the steel industry on insolvency labor law matters.
• Represented a company in the automotive supply industry in negotiations with a view to conclude a collective bargaining agreement on site protection (“Standortsicherungstarifvertrag”) with the unions.
• Represented a company of the Caterpillar group in negotiations regarding a collective bargaining agreement on site protection (“Standortsicherungstarifvertrag”) with the unions.
• Advised Lone Star on labor law matters relating to the servicing of NPL portfolios.
• Advised Lone Star on labor law matters in connection with the acquisition of IKB Deutsche Industriebank.
• Ongoing advice to Aegis Media Group regarding labor law and works constitution matters.
• Ongoing advice to German subsidiary of an international automotive supplier on labor law matters, including works constitution and collective employment law matters.

Data Privacy/Compliance

• Advised the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG; evaluation of the IT-supported screening with regard to labor law and data protection law as well as further compliance measures in the context of the so-called “data affair”; in particular: private use of company IT.
• Compliance Audit concerning the administration of personnel data within a matrix organization of an international group of companies based in the United States.
• Advised a US chemicals group on data protection law matters relating to the administration of personnel data of a spun-off business unit.
• Compliance Audit concerning the administration of personnel data of a leading German food retailer group.

Executive Compensation, Incentives, Benefits and Company Pensions

• Advised the investment banking branch of a German high street bank on setting up an Employee Stock Ownership Program.
• Advised Walter Services on the restructuring of their executive share scheme.
• Advised a financial institution on compliance with the executive compensation regulations („Vorstandsvergütungsgesetz“ ) and the related regulations on risk management („MaRisk”).
• Advised a financial institution on compliance with the compensation regulations for the financial industry („Institutsvergütungsverordnung“).
• Advised Actuant-Corporation on the outsourcing of pension obligations of the German subsidiary company in connection with a contractual trust arrangement (CTA).
• Advised a US pharmaceutical company on the funding of obligations under their German pension scheme.

Outsourcing and Transaction Advice

• Advised a financial investor on the planned acquisition of privatized clinical operations.
• Advised an international news agency on an IT outsourcing of the German subsidiary company.
• Advised Aegis Media Group on an IT outsourcing.
• Advised CBRE on the Facility Management Outsourcing with Nokia Siemens Networks.
• Advised DeTe Immobilien in the RFP process for a Facility Management Outsourcing.
• Advised LoneStar in connection with the servicing of big non-performing loan portfolios.
• Advised Gillette on the outsourcing of logistics and warehouse facility management.
• Advised Çelebi on the acquisition of the airport services company from Fraport AG in Vienna.
• Advised Çelebi in connection with the acquisition of airport service companies in Germany.

Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)

Certified Employment Law Expert

University of Frankfurt am Main
Doctor's degree (PhD in law, EU Employment Law)

Second State Law Examination (bar exam)
Frankfurt am Main

University of Essex, LLM, European Business Law

Legal Clerkship (Referendariat)
Regional Court Darmstadt

First State Law Examination
Frankfurt am Main

University of Cambridge

University of Frankfurt am Main

Bar

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• Lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management on Employment Law aspects of M&A transactions
• German Lawyers' Association (DAV)
• Syndicated National Working Group for Occupational Pensions (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für betriebliche Altersversorgung — aba)
• European Employment Lawyer Association (EELA)
• Itech Law Organization
• European Outsourcing Association
• Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA)
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung e.V. (DGFP)
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA)