Hamburg – Panasonic, one of the world's leading electronics manufacturers, has changed parts of its organizational set-up towards a new governance structure for certain of its European entities. They opened new branch offices under its Dutch European headquarter entity, Panasonic Europe B.V. in the UK, Spain and Poland. In Spain and Poland, the staff and certain assets of the existing branch offices of German Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH have been transferred to the new branches as of 1 April 2024. An international CMS team led by Dr Eckart Gottschalk and Dr Philipp Koch provided comprehensive legal advice to Panasonic on this transaction. The focus was on corporate and employment law advice and the coordination of the various steps in different jurisdictions. CMS Germany worked once again closely with CMS firms from the UK, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands. With its renewed organizational set-up, Panasonic is streamlining its governance structure across Europe. The Panasonic Group, founded in 1918, is today a global leader in developing innovative technologies and solutions for wide-ranging applications in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, industry, communications and energy sectors worldwide. The Panasonic Group switched to an operating company system on April 1, 2022 with Panasonic Holdings Corporation serving as a holding company and eight companies positioned under its umbrella. The Group reported consolidated net sales of 8,378.9 billion yen (approx. 59.4 billion Euro) for the year ended March 31, 2023. CMS Germany Dr Eckart Gottschalk, Lead Partner, Hamburg Dr Philipp Koch, Counsel, Hamburg Sonja Schanze, Associate, Hamburg Tjorben Drawe, Associate, Hamburg, all Corporate/M&A Dr Daniel Ludwig, Partner, Hamburg Dr Jacob Hinze, Counsel, Hamburg, both Employment law CMS UK Nick Crosbie, Partner, London George Yuill, Senior Company Secretary, London, both Corporate/M&A CMS Spain Luís Miguel de Dios, Partner, Mad­rid Aleksandra Czajka, Senior Associate, Madrid, both Corporate/M&A María José Ramos Aguilar, Senior Associate, Madrid, Employment law CMS Poland Olga Czyzycka-Szczy­giel, Counsel, Warsaw Magdalena Mentrak, Associate, Warsaw, both Corporate/M&A Michał Tutaj, Senior Associate, Warsaw, Employment law CMS Netherlands Britt Straat, Candidate civil law notary, Amsterdam Panasonic Europe Volkhard Pfaff, General Counsel, Wies­baden Daniela Gardiner, Head of Legal Local Sales Operations, Brack­nell Claudia Neif, Head of Legal DACH, Wies­baden Paulina Prugar, Senior Legal Counsel, Warsaw Jaime Corderas, Senior Legal Counsel, Barcelona Markus Rein, HR-Director, Ham­burg Chris­ti­an Konertz, Employee & Labor Relations Manager, HamburgPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Employers are facing increasing demands in connection with the flexibilization of the workplace. In the context of the developments surrounding "New Work", the topic of "workation" is of immense importance. The following guide provides an overview of the labor and tax law implications of mobile working abroad and tips on general feasibility in the company.

Labor and employment law to go – in the new “Einfach Arbeitsrecht” series, we cut through the complexity to provide concise answers to key questions around labor and employment law, with a particular focus on new ways of working, compliance and all the other issues that affect employers.

Stuttgart – The SYNLAB Group has acquired the WolfartKlinik hospital in Gräfelfing near Munich from the Wolfart family. The transaction was agreed in February 2023 and has now been successfully completed...

HR Compliance:   Compliance Management Sys­tems­Freel­an­cer­In­t­ern­al In­vest­ig­a­tion­sWhis­tleblow­ing­Works council remuneration etc.  Directors & Benefits:   Re­mu­ner­a­tionESOP/VSOPSu­per­vis­ory council and board level advice ESG etc.  Trans­form­a­tion:   Business trans­fer­sRedund­an­ci­esTrans­fers of un­der­tak­ing­s­Ne­go­ti­ations with works councils and unionsMatrix struc­turesTrans­ac­tion­al employment and labor law etc.  Co-De­term­in­a­tion:   Labor Relations Labor lawSE conversionLaw regulating collective bargaining agreements and strikes etc.  Pensions:  Implementing, modifying and closing pension schemesPensions in business transfers and M&A trans­ac­tion­sOut­sourcing and de-risk­ing­Pen­sions litigation etc.   New Work:   Mobile work­ing­Scrum­Di­git­al­isa­tion(Cor­por­ate) Sustainability etc.

Munich/Cologne – Energy group E. ON successfully completed the legal integration of the workforce of former RWE subsidiary innogy into the group and its companies at the start of the new year. When...

New Covid 19 Rules in German Workplaces – Vaccinated, Recovered or Tested   Last updated: 06 January 2022The Act Amending the Protection Against Infection Act (IfSchG) and other legislation introduced following the lifting of the declaration of a national epidemic imposes the "3G rule" for workplaces via the amended section 28b of the IfSchG. Only people who are vaccinated, recovered or tested will then have access to the workplace. For employers, this means a lot of effort around monitoring and documentation. As usual with breaches of COVID-19 regulations, the fines are very high. The law also provides that employers may be obliged to offer their staff a working from home option, within the constraints of what is possible. In turn, employees are generally required to accept this offer. We expect the regulations to come into effect very soon. All you need to know about this can be found in our FAQs on "3G - New COVID-19 Rules in German Workplaces – Vaccinated, Recovered or Tested". Please do not hesitate to get in touch if we can be of any further assistance.

Please note that the legal situation with regard to the Corona pandemic is subject to constant change. Therefore the following information only reflects the above-mentioned status. Thus it is urgently...

Stuttgart – Private equity firm capiton has acquired a stake in Braun­sch­weig-based Solvis, a developer and manufacturer of resource-saving and energy-efficient hybrid heating systems. Together, capiton...