Marco Heilmann

Specific Experience

• Industrial constitution law
• Individual and collective employment law
• Litigation in the areas of employment and civil law
• Employee data protection

Background

Prior to his legal studies, Marco Heilmann underwent full professional training as an industrial clerk at a multinational manufacturing group. Having learned the nuts and bolts of the operations and processes of a global player with its own production facilities, he can draw upon unique practical experience to find and implement solutions that make sense and are operationally feasible, especially in connection with restructuring measures and operational changes.

His clients benefit from his longstanding and comprehensive expertise.

Marco Heilmann has been a legal lecturer for many years, with particular emphasis on industrial constitution law.

Publications

• Kurzarbeit in der Corona-Krise (together with Alexander Oberreit), DUB, Deutsche Unternehmerbörse, 30.03.2020, https://www.dub.de/unternehmerwissen/finanzierung/kurzarbeit-in-der-corona-krise/
• Several special-interest articles for the members of a professional association for medical care centres
• Several articles for a special-interest publisher for employers on industrial constitution law and individual employment law

Services

• Restructuring/reorganisation of companies
• Advice in all questions of corporate co-determination according to the Co-determination and One-Third participation Act
• Representing employers in corporate constitutional and collective bargaining matters
• Legal support in transactional matters
• Executive and service contracts (drafting, advice in the course of termination, director’s liability)
• Social insurance status proceedings (social insurance obligation for shareholders, managing directors, bogus self-employed persons)
• Design of employment and target agreements
• Design of working time structures, remuneration schemes, company conduct guidelines and company integration management (BEM)
• Assisting with all issues of employee data protection, temporary employment, posting of workers and occupational pensions
• Litigation (labour and regional labour courts, Federal labour court, all other regional and higher regional courts)

Main Strengths

• “Business thinking”, as equivalent to crafting expedient and technically efficient solutions
• Integrated solutions involving a multidisciplinary consulting approach if desired

Typical Clients

• Medium-sized companies and family-run businesses
• Large industrial, retail and service enterprises
• Public sector

Key Clients in 2020

• Automotive retail: works closure of five outlets in conformity with codetermination and dismissal protection regulations
• Printing industry: introducing a Windows standard client at the German companies
of a multinational in compliance with codetermination law
• Retail: sale of business units to a buyer during ongoing insolvency proceedings
• Manufacturing industry: negotiating and implementing a collective wage agreement
• Industrial logistics: outsourcing and transferring a unit to a new legal entity
• Hospital: implementing a reorganization scheme under individual and collective employment aspects
• Shipbuilding: restructuring a shipyard during its ongoing insolvency proceedings and transfer to a buyer

Recent Awards

• LEGAL 500 Germany: Top Law Firm 2020
• Azur Award 2020 Best Employer Region
• JUVE Award 2018: Law Firm of the year for insolvency law and restructuring
• JUVE Award 2016: Law Firm of the year for medium-sized businesses
• JUVE Award 2016: Law Firm of the year North

Languages: German, English