Dr. Holger
Meyer
Partner
Attorney-at-Law
Specialist lawyer for employment and labour law
Holger Meyer is a founding partner of SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE and is one of the leading employment lawyers in Germany. He advises international and national companies in all areas of individual and collective employment and labour law.
One focus of his work is the employment and labour law support of complex transformation, integration and restructuring projects as well as the harmonisation of working conditions. He also advises his clients on the sale of companies or parts of companies, including in times of crisis or insolvency, in the context of outsourcing projects and in connection with the privatisation of public institutions.
Holger Meyer has been an integral part of numerous rankings of leading German employment and commercial lawyers for many years, for example JUVE Handbook ("very good and progressive, especially in restructurings", "professionally excellent, added value for every client", Handbook 2024/2025), Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers (e.g. Lawyer of the Year in the field of employment and labour law, Hamburg/Germany 2021), WirtschaftsWoche (e.g. TOP Lawyer 2024), Legal 500 ("Easily accessible, fast response times, practical advice", Handbook 2024), Chambers and Partner, FOCUS, Leaders League.
Short CV
Holger Meyer studied law at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. He completed his legal clerkship in Kiel, Frankfurt am Main and Washington D.C., among other places.
In 2003, he obtained his doctorate in law with a thesis on the transfer of business pursuant to Section 613a of the German Civil Code (BGB) ("Der Tatbestand des Betriebsübergangs nach der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofes und des Bundesarbeitsgerichts"). He has been a specialist lawyer for employment and labour law since 2004. From 2001 to 2010, he worked as a lawyer in the employment and labour law practice group in the Hamburg office of the major international law firm White & Case, and has been a partner since 2006. He has been a (founding) partner at SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE since 2010. Holger Meyer regularly gives specialist lectures and publishes in specialist journals on employment and labour law topics.
(Languages: German, English)
Awards
One law firm, many awards: You will find SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE in all major rankings and our colleagues in recognised publications.
The industry magazine JUVE also names SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of the leading German employment and labour law firms in the JUVE Handbook 2023/2024, and in the brand eins ranking, our law firm is also ranked in the highest category in 2023. The news magazine FOCUS once again ranks SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of Germany's top commercial law firms in the field of employment and labour law, while Chambers and Partners also names SCHRAMM MEYER KUHNKE as one of the leading German employment and labour law firms. This also applies to the rankings of Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers, Legal500 and Leaders League.
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