Nicolaus Mels-Colloredo

Nicolaus is a partner and the head of the employment department and concentrates on transactions as well as individual and collective employment law. In conjunction with corporate transactions, he advises on M&A and employment-related matters, including negotiations with work councils and unions, particularly addressing complex restructurings.

PHH offers individual, strategic advice in all stages of employment relationships. Catering to employees and managers, our exhaustive portfolio enables us to, amongst other things, draft specialised employment agreements for every kind of employment relationship, structure shareholding participation programs, negotiate agreements between employers and works councils or unions, and produce comprehensive specialized service/employment agreements for managing directors, board members etc. We specialise in the following areas:

• GPLA audits (joint audits of all wage-related taxes)

• (cross-border) personnel leasing

• Complex, sensitive restructurings incl. negotiation and communication supported by a strategic advice

• high-profile employment disputes

• relationship between data protection and employment law, in particular data protection in the employment context and the management of employee data

• the employment and secondment of foreign (non-EU or non-associated EU) citizens in Austria

• adjustment of the remuneration scheme in the collective agreement of commercial employee as well as the alignment of the notice periods between blue- and white-collar workers