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Dr. Christoph Ceelen

Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)

CMS Hasche Sigle
Nymphenburger Straße 12
80335 Munich
Germany
Languages German, English, French, Spanish

Christoph Ceelen is a member of the firm’s employment law practice. He focusses on employee data protection and the protection of trade secrets, advising German and international companies in individual and collective employment law matters.

Christoph joined CMS in Munich in 2015 and was made principal counsel in 2020.

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Publications

  • "3G-Regelung" im Betrieb – Nicht so unzulässig wie gedacht?, NJW 2021, S. 3153, Mitautorin Martina Hidalgo, Lisa Buziek
  • Homeoffice im EU-Ausland - Relevanz des Sozialversicherungsrechts für Arbeitgeber, NZA 2021, S. 19, Mitautorin Martina Hidalgo
  • Der Einfluss aufsichtsrechtlicher Vergütungsvorgaben auf die AGB-rechtliche Beurteilung von Rückforderungsklauseln in Arbeitsverträgen, Nomos Verlag 2017, Schriftenreihe "Studien zum Arbeitsrecht"
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Lectures list

  • "Vertragsgestaltung im deutschen Arbeitsrecht", München, Dezember 2021
  • "Update Rechtsprechung zum Individual- und Kollektivarbeitsrecht", München, Mai 2021
  • "Datenschutz, Geheimnisschutz im Homeoffice sowie Homeoffice im Ausland", München, April 2021, zusammen mit Dr. Maximilian Koschker
  • "Praxisworkshop Betriebsratswahlen 2018", München, Oktober 2017, zusammen mit Dr. Claudia Rid
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Education

  • 2015: Second state examination in law
  • 2013 - 2015: Trainee lawyer at Munich Higher Regional Court
  • 2011: First state examination in law
  • Law studies at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and Seattle University School of Law, USA
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14/11/2023
CMS advises Mutares on the conclusion of an agreement to acquire High Precision...
Munich - The listed company Mutares SE & Co. KGaA has signed an agreement with Westebbe Verwaltungs GmbH and Peter Flaschel to acquire High Precision Components Witten GmbH. The investment in the Tier...
24/02/2023
CMS advises shareholders of Factor Eleven on their Exit to Armira
Munich – Factor Eleven, a leading digital marketing software company, announces a strategic collaboration with Armira, an investment holding company focused on family businesses and tech­no­logy. The...
06/01/2021
CMS advises on continuation of fashion retailer Appelrath Cüpper as going...
Munich – Fashion retailer Appelrath Cüpper exited insolvency proceedings under self-ad­min­is­tra­tion at the end of 2020 and has found a new owner in Austrian fashion entrepreneur Peter Graf. Appelrath...
06/08/2020
One of the largest biotech financing rounds in Germany in recent years:...
Munich – T-knife GmbH, a biotech start-up operating in the field of T-cell therapy against cancer, has completed a EUR 66 million Series A financing round. The round was led by highly regarded US investors...
13/02/2020
CMS advises LEA Partners on seed financing round for employee app Flip
Munich – Stuttgart-based start-up Flip has raised around EUR 3.6 million for its employee app in a seed round of financing. Established in 2018, the start-up has developed an app that provides companies...
29/05/2019
CMS advises personal shopping service Outfittery on merger with Modomoto
Munich – Berlin-based companies Outfittery and the Curated Shopping Group (which includes the Modomoto brand) are merging to form Europe’s largest personal shopping provider. Going forward, the company...
24/04/2019
CMS advises technology investor LEA Partners on venture capital financing...
Munich – Quantitec, a developer of real-time localisation technologies, has received growth capital of EUR 3.9 million in a venture capital financing round. The round was led by LEA Partners. Other...
03/12/2018
CMS advises Wellington and HBM as lead investors in Series D round of financing...
Munich – Adrenomed AG, a bio­phar­ma­ceut­ic­al company specialising in the integrity and barrier function of blood vessels, has completed a EUR 24 million Series D financing round co-led by Wellington Partners...
29/10/2018
With the future of the US-EU data Privacy Shield in doubt, companies are...
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in effect the European market since 25 May 2018, requires companies to meet certain standards when transferring personal data to non-EU...
16/02/2018
Compliance - Resolutions for 2018?
Companies must comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation by 25 May 2018 The subject of data privacy protection is rapidly becoming a central compliance issue that companies can no longer...
06/02/2018
Employment Law – good to know …
Companies must comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation by 25 May 2018 The subject of data privacy protection is rapidly becoming a central compliance issue that companies can no longer...
04/01/2017
Proact advised by CMS on acquisition of German IT firm Teamix
Munich – The Proact IT Group has acquired all the shares in German company Teamix GmbH. The Swedish group used its own shares and cash to purchase Teamix, an IT service provider that focuses on IT in­fra­struc­ture...