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Dr. Barbara Bittmann

Partner
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)

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Dr. Barbara Bittmann

Partner
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Kasernenstraße 43-45
40213 Duesseldorf
Germany
Languages German, English

Barbara Bittmann has long-standing experience advising German and international companies on operative and strategic employment and labor law matters, in particular in the context of restructurings, transfers of undertakings and transactions as well as in relation to co-determination rights and collective bargaining agreements. She often works on cross-border projects.

Barbara‘s practice furthermore focuses on remuneration and the specific employment law aspects pertaining to supervisory and management board members and other executives, and she also regularly assists her clients with compliance issues.

She joined CMS in 1998 and in 2001 was seconded to work for the firm in Hong Kong. Barbara was made partner in 2003 and qualified as a certified lawyer for labor and employment law in 2002.

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Leading lawyer for labor, employment & pensions

Kanzleimonitor 2020-2022

Leading individual for Unfair competition

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Listed for Employment

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Leading lawyer for labor, employment & pensions

Kanzleimonitor 2020-2022

Leading individual for Unfair competition

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Führende Anwältin Arbeitsrecht

Kanzleimonitor 2022/2023

Memberships & Roles

  • European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • German Bar Association’s employment law committee
  • fachanwalt forum arbeitsrecht
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Publications

  • Masterstudiengang Arbeitsrecht - Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung und Unternehmenskrise, Masterstudiengang Arbeitsrecht, Muenster, 27.10.2023
  • Update Geschaeftsgeheimnisgesetz - Wie die aktuelle Rechtsprechung und entsprechende Handlungsempfehlungen aussehen, DGFP Jahrestagung, Online, 15.06.2023
  • Arbeitsrechtliche Restrukturierungen - Vorbereitung, Verhandlung und Umsetzung, Amadeus FiRe Arbeitsrechtstage, Düsseldorf, 22.08.2023
  • Arbeitsrechtliche Restrukturierungen - Vorbereitung, Verhandlung und Umsetzung, Amadeus FiRe Arbeitsrechtstage, Hannover, 25.04.2023
  • Post-Merger Integration: Schluessel zum Erfolg strategischer Akquisitionen, Webinar-Reihe Vorsprung durch Wissen - Wofuer Sie sich zu Recht interessieren, Duesseldorf, 06.12.2022
  • Arbeitszeiterfassung: Der aktuelle Stand, 35. Treffen der Regionalgruppe "West" des BVAU, Dortmund, 28.11.2022
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung und Unternehmenskrise, Masterstudiengang "Arbeitsrecht", Muenster, 21.10.2022
  • Brennpunkt Geschaeftsgeheimnisgesetz: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und Handlungsempfehlungen, 26. Treffen der Regionalgruppe "West" des BVAU, Duesseldorf, 25.08.2022
  • Geschaeftsgeheimnisschutz, Wettbewerbsverbot & Co., Webinar AuA - Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, Webinar, 28.06.2022
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Krise - Personalmaßnahmen innerhalb und außerhalb der Insolvenz, 28. Expertenkreis Arbeitsrecht und Praxis, Kassel, 13.05.2022
  • Die Macht des Betriebsrats - Auch beim Betriebsuebergang?, Neue Zeitschrift fuer Arbeitsrecht (NZA) 2022, Heft 4, co-author: Dr. Lisa Maria Voelkerding
  • Die Wirksamkeit einer Versetzung als Grund und Grenze der Zuordnung von Arbeitnehmern bei Betriebsübergaengen, Recht der Arbeit (RdA), 2022, Heft 1, 32, co-author: Dr. Lisa Maria Voelkerding
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung und Unternehmenskrise, Masterstudiengang "Arbeitsrecht", Muenster, 08.10.2021
  • Kommentar in BB: "BAG: Betriebsuebergang - Unterrichtung gem. § 613a Abs. 5 BGB - Widerspruch - tarifliches Rueckkehrrecht", Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2021, 2367, co-author: Dr. Lisa Maria Voelkerding
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Krise (Teil 2), Personal und Recht (PuR) 2021, Heft 5, 11 - 14
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Krise (Teil 1), Personalpraxis und Recht (PuR) 2021, Heft 4, 75 - 77
  • Matrixstrukturen – Herausforderungen, Fallstricke und Loesungen, Online-Seminar, Online, 16.03.2021
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Krise – Personalmaßnahmen innerhalb und außerhalb der Insolvenz, Das neue Restrukturierungs- und Insolvenzrecht, Online, 02.02.2021
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung und Unternehmenskrise, Masterstudiengang "Arbeitsrecht", Muenster, 02.10.2020
  • Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung und Unternehmenskrise, Masterstudiengang "Arbeitsrecht", Muenster, 26.09.2019
  • Misconduct of Employees - Internal Investigations, Documentation, Sanctions, Personalpraxis + Recht (PuR), special issue 2019, p. 9 – 12
  • Works Constitution Law - Economic committee has no general claim for procurement of information within group of companies, DB 2018, issue 41, page 2505, co-author: Martina Hidalgo
  • Matrix Structures: Can the Assignment of a Lead Position be Deemed Recruitment Subject to Co-determination? - Definition of the Term "Recruitment" in Section 99 BetrVG (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz/German Works Constitution Act): Case Law Overview and Pleading in Favour of Restrictive Construction and Competence of Central Works Council -, DB 2018, Issue 35, p. 2114 – 2119, co-author: Johanna Weise
  • Author of the Chapter “M&A, Transactions and Restructuring Measures” in: Holthausen/Kurschat (ed.), Structuring of Agreements for Directors, Management and Supervisory Board Members, C.H.BECK, 1st ed. 2017
  • A Law Against the Gender Pay Gap, Personalmagazin 05/2017, p. 78 - 79, co-author: Thorsten Lammers
  • Minimum Wage Act: liability without borders?, ILO-Newsletter, 17.06.2015, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Time to check international contracts for subcontracting of services: minimum wage claims by German employees do not stop at German borders, www.lexology.com, 03.06.2015, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Federal Employment Court re TUPE – Reference to new establishment required even without restructuring plans, Comments on Federal Employment Court ruling of 14 November 2013 - 8 AZR 824/12, BB 2014, issue 22, p. 1344, co-author: Stefan Schulze, LL.M.
  • Incentives for today – prevention for tomorrow / How to structure variable remuneration correctly, DGFP Fachmagazin PERSONALFUEHRUNG 09/13, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Judicial Obstacles – Transfer Companies, Personalmagazin 05/13, p. 70 - 71, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Checking the bonus is indispensable, Personalmagazin 11/12, p. 72 – 74, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Liability trap: Works council pay, Personalmagazin 2012, issue 1, p. 71 et seq., co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Holiday minefields defused for the time being, Personalmagazin 2012, issue 2
  • Compliance – Focal point: "Remuneration of works council members" (Part 2): Only cessation or also clawback of impermissible benefits?, BB 2012, issue 25, p. 1604-1607, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Compliance – Focal point: "Remuneration of works council members" (Part 1): Allowances, company cars, garden leave & Co - Impermissible benefits for works council members can trigger liability and punishment, BB 2012, issue 10, p. 637-640, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Nine Pitfalls in respect of Fixed-Term Contracts, Personalmagazin Juni 2011, p. 68 ff, co-author: Dr Stefan Burger
  • Protection of executive employees against dismissal, International Law Office, 2010, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Secondment of Employees - Check List for the Employment Contract, Ost-West-Contact Juni 2010, p. 76 f, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Variable Remuneration - Instrument for Personnel Retention and Leadership, Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht Juni 2010, p. 366 ff, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Sufficient Information on Transfers of Undertakings, Betriebs-Berater 2010, p. 577 ff, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Flexible Remuneration also for Heads of Department, KU Gesundheitsmanagement 2010, p. 44 ff, co-authors: Dr Rainer Kienast, Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Compliance and labour and employment law, International Law Office, 2010, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Disclosure of "Change of Control-Clauses", Betriebs-Berater 2009, p. 1014 ff, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Deduction from Pay in case of negative Working Hours Balance, Betriebs-Berater 2009, p. 559 ff, co-author: Dr Susanne Mujan, LL.M.
  • Flexible Remuneration, Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht 2008, p. 730 ff, co-author: Julia Rosemann, LL.M.
  • Information about the Legal Consequences of a Transfer of Undertakings, Betriebs-Berater 2008, p. 2075 ff, co-author: Julia Rosemann, LL.M.
  • Information about the Economic Consequences of a Transfer of Undertakings, Betriebs-Berater 2008, p. 1346 ff, co-author: Julia Rosemann, LL.M.
  • Employment and Labour Law, Jurisdictional comparisons (German Chapter), The European Lawyer Ltd. 2007, co-author: Dr Stephanie Lenze
  • Co-determination Law concerning Codes of Conduct, Der Betrieb 2006, p. 165 ff, co-author: Dr Stephanie Lenze
  • Cross-border Transfers and Redundancies, German Chapter, Tottel Publishing 2005, co-authors: Astrid Wellhoener, LL.M., Dr Wolfgang Schmiedl
  • Business Development with Financial Investors, Employment Law in the context of Financial Investment, Schäffer Poeschel Verlag 2005
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Education

  • 1998: PhD
  • 1997 - 1998: Research assistant at the University of Duesseldorf
  • 1994 - 1996: Trainee lawyer in Duesseldorf and Philadelphia (USA)
  • 1988 - 1994: Law studies at the University of Muenster and the University of Surrey (UK)
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Expertise

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28/04/2023
Becoming a public limited company – CMS advises Raiffeisen War­en-Zen­t­rale...
Düsseldorf – Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG (RWZ) unanimously adopted a resolution to change its legal form at the General Meeting held on 27 April. The members present accepted the re­com­mend­a­tion...
News
10/03/2022
CMS advises Technia on acquisition of Desys Group
Düsseldorf – Technia, a global knowledge leader in PLM and Engineering, has acquired the DESYS Group, a leading Dassault Systèmes partner in Germany, by way of a 100% share deal. The Desys Group provides...
News
20/01/2022
CMS advises repair specialist Hans Kämmerer on majority investment by Storskogen
Düsseldorf – Swedish investment company Storskogen has acquired a majority shareholding in Hans Kämmerer GmbH, based in Wachtendonk (North Rhine-West­phalia). Hans Kämmerer has around 100 employees...
Deals
02/08/2017
CMS advises STEAG on sale of electricity network in Saarland
Düsseldorf – Essen-based STEAG GmbH has sold its regional electricity network in the federal state of Saarland as part of moves to optimise its portfolio. The buyer is Creos Deutschland Holding GmbH...
Press releases
27/07/2017
CMS advises Swiss financial services provider SIX on acquisition of Frank­furt-based...
Düsseldorf – SIX Payment Services has acquired the Frankfurt-based debit card net­work op­er­ated by VÖB-ZVD Processing GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Postbank AG. Completion of the deal is subject...
Press releases
18/11/2016
CMS advises STEAG on acquisition of two waste incineration plants from...
Düsseldorf – Essen-based energy producer STEAG has signed purchase agreements to acquire the shares in the Lauta thermal waste treatment plant in Saxony (74.9%) and Rüdersdorf industrial power plant...
Press releases
24/07/2015
Germany: Time to check international contracts for sub-contracting of services
Even companies with their registered seat outside of Germany and without any employees in Germany may face claims based on the newly introduced German Minimum Wage Act. German Minimum Wage Act since...
Law-Now Labor, Employment & Pensions
23/07/2015
Germany: Time to check international contracts for sub-contracting of services
Even companies with their registered seat outside of Germany and without any employees in Germany may face claims based on the newly introduced German Minimum Wage Act. German Minimum Wage Act since 1...
Newsletter
15/04/2013
CMS publishes Guide to employment issues in an M&A transaction
Although M&A projects tend to be driven by corporate or tax lawyers, in many cases labour law issues have a significant influence on whether or not the deal is successful. Information, consultation and...
Press releases
14/08/2012
CMS Hasche Sigle advises ThyssenKrupp on sale of Construction Group
Düsseldorf – ThyssenKrupp has sold the construction components business of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG. The buyer is strategic Irish investor Kingspan Group, which has signed an agreement with ThyssenKrupp...
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