Dr. Guido Zeppenfeld, LLM (University of Essex)

Employment Law

Advised:

• One of the world's leading chemical groups on restructuring measures, including employee consultation.
• Portfolio companies of a UK private equity investor on footprint and business improvement projects in the EMEA region and measures to manage restructuring costs.
• Tenneco/Federal-Mogul on footprint and business improvement projects in the EMEA region, including employee and union consultation and company pension topics.
• A leading machinery manufacturer on restructuring measures, including employee and union consultation.
• A leading manufacturer of automobile wheels on restructuring measures and insolvency scenarios, including employee and union consultation.
• Cathay Pacific on various restructuring measures.
• A 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.
• The German Financial Market Stabilization Fund on all labor law matters during the setup of the first German "bad bank" for WestLB.
• Beijing Automotive (BAIC) on all labor law and company pension matters in the bidding process regarding the acquisition of Opel from General Motors.
• Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG on all labor law and company pension matters relating to the proposed outsourcing of their private banking unit.
• Hudson Advisors on plant shut-downs in Eastern Germany.
• Lone Star on labor law matters in connection with the acquisition of IKB Deutsche Industriebank.
• Dentsu Aegis Group regarding labor law and works constitution matters.
• A German subsidiary of an international automotive supplier on labor law matters, including works constitution and collective employment law matters.

Represented:

• Portfolio companies of a UK private equity investor in works council consultation, including litigation and arbitration, as well as in negotiations with unions.
• One of the world's leading chemical groups in works council consultation and arbitration.
• 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 and works council consultation, including litigation and arbitration.
• Cathay Pacific in complex litigation matters and arbitration
• A company of the Caterpillar group in negotiations regarding a collective bargaining agreement on site protection ("Standortsicherungstarifvertrag") with the unions.

Data Privacy/Compliance

Advised:

• The Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG on compliance investigation regarding employee privacy in the context of the so-called "data affair".
• Leading international automotive supplier on GDPR readiness project of organization.
• A US chemicals group on data protection law matters relating to the administration of personnel data of a spun-off business unit.

Conducted compliance audits concerning the administration of:

• Personnel data of a leading German food retailer group.
• Personnel data within a matrix organization of an international group of companies based in the United States.

Executive Compensation, Incentives, Benefits and Company Pension

Advised:

• Tenneco/Federal-Mogul on pension plan changes and pension litigation.
• International steel producing group on streamlining of company pension schemes.
• German subsidiary of US communication provider on company pension de-risking and pension litigation.
• US-based tools manufacturer on outsourcing of pension liabilities.
• Leading dairy products producer on outsourcing of pension liabilities.
• The investment banking branch of a German high street bank on setting up an Employee Stock Ownership Program.
• Walter Services on the restructuring of their executive share scheme.
• A financial institution on compliance with the executive compensation regulations („Vorstandsvergütungsgesetz" ) and the related regulations on risk management („MaRisk").
• A financial institution on compliance with the compensation regulations for the financial industry („Institutsvergütungsverordnung").
• Actuant-Corporation on the outsourcing of pension obligations of the German subsidiary company in connection with a contractual trust arrangement (CTA).
• 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.
• An international news agency on an IT outsourcing of the German subsidiary company.
• Aegis Media Group on an IT outsourcing.
• CBRE on the Facility Management Outsourcing with Nokia Siemens Networks.
• DeTe Immobilien in the RFP process for a Facility Management Outsourcing.
• LoneStar in connection with the servicing of big non-performing loan portfolios.
• Gillette on the outsourcing of logistics and warehouse facility management.
• Çelebi on the acquisition of the airport services company from Fraport AG in Vienna.
• 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

Barreau

• 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)