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Neil Yeats

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

CMS Hasche Sigle
Lennéstraße 7
10785 Berlin
Germany
Languages German, English

Neil Yeats advises national and international companies in all areas of individual and collective employment law as well as service contracts. A further focus of his work is the area of compliance, with a particular focus on internal investigations and ESG issues. In connection with corporate transactions, he regularly advises on employment law aspects due diligence and post-merger integration.

Neil Yeats has particular experience advising public employers and healthcare companies.

Neil Yeats started his legal practice at CMS in 2016. He has been Counsel at the firm since 2023.

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Memberships & Roles

  • German Bar Association
  • Berlin Bar Association
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Publications

  • "Unwirksamkeit einer Befristung bei unzureichender Beteiligung des Personalrats", Der Betrieb 2023, 454
  • "Berücksichtigung von Boni bei der Berechnung des Urlaubsentgelts und Anwendbarkeit von Verfallsklauseln auf den Anspruch auf Urlaubsentgelt", Der Betrieb 2021, 2428
  • „Rückwirkende Erstreckung des Sozialkassenverfahrens auf nicht tarifgebundene Arbeitgeber“, DER BETRIEB, DB1322815
  • „Keine Pflicht zur Vorabzuweisung von Stellen bei Durchführung eines Auswahlverfahrens“, DER BETRIEB 2020, 1575, Mitautor Verena Oechslen
  • „Tarifvertragliche Ansprüche können nicht von einer arbeitsvertraglichen Bezugnahmeklausel abhängig gemacht werden“, DER BETRIEB, DB1346081
  • „Unbenannter Sachgrund für auflösende Bedingung bei formal aufrechterhaltenem Arbeitsverhältnis“, DB 2019, 2583
  • "Anforderungen an eine wirksame Projektbefristung – Abgrenzung zu Daueraufgaben"; Der Betrieb 2019, 1271, co author Verena Oechslen
  • "Kein Zurückbehaltungsrecht bei fehlender Mitwirkung an Lohnnachberechnung"; Der Betrieb 2019, co author Verena Oechslen
  • "EuGH: Urlaubsabgeltung auch ohne Urlaubsantrag", CMS Blog 2018, Mitautor Verena Oechslen
  • "Darlegungs- und Beweislast für den Zugang einer E-Mail beim Arbeitnehmer"; Der Betrieb 2018, co author Verena Oechslen
  • "Fußball: Der Fall Heinz Müller vor dem BAG", CMS Blog 2018, Mitautor Maurice Said
  • "Mindestlohn: LAG Nürnberg zur Wirksamkeit von Verfallklauseln", CMS Blog 2017
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Lectures list

  • Arbeitsrechtliche LkSG-Compliance: Die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates bei der Umsetzung des LkSG – Rechtlicher Hintergrund und praktische Erfahrungen, Compliance Sessions, Webinar, 29.11.2023
  • Strategien für Arbeitgeber: Navigieren durch das Arbeitsrecht in der KI-Ära, KI im Fokus: Die rechtliche Perspektive, Berlin, 26.06.2023
  • Brennpunkt Arbeitszeit – was verlangt der Arbeitsschutz? Was muss vergütet werden?, CMS Employment Week, Webinar, 15.03.2023
  • Brennpunkt Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetz: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und Handlungsempfehlung, BVAU Treffen RG OST, 10.11.2022, Berlin
  • Duties and rights of a works council, in-house Webinar, 08.12.2020, Berlin
  • Basics of works council elections, in-house Webinar, 19.11.2020, Berlin
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Education

  • 2023: "Shaping the ESG Future of Business" certificate, University of St. Gallen – Competence Center for Social Innovation (CSI-HSG)
  • 2016: Second state examination in law in Berlin
  • 2014 - 2016: Trainee lawyer in Berlin, including, amongst others, at CMS Hasche Sigle
  • 2013: First state examination in law at Freie Universität Berlin
  • Law studies at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Birmingham, UK
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21/12/2023
CMS advises VR Equitypartner and other shareholders on investment by Wach­stums­fonds...
Leipzig – Frankfurt-based private equity firm VR Equitypartner (VREP) has sold its stake in Goldeck Süßwaren GmbH, a long-established manufacturer of chocolate specialities headquartered in Leipzig...
05/12/2023
CMS advises VisionAI on five million euro seed financing round
Berlin - The Bielefeld-based start-up VisionAI has successfully completed a seed financing round. The financing round was led by venture capitalist HV Capital. Well-known business angels also invested...
14/08/2023
Penta Hotel in Berlin-Koepenick switches to Leonardo with CMS
Berlin – The Penta Hotel in Berlin's Koepenick district has changed hands. The hotel chain Leonardo has acquired the property from a closed real estate fund as part of an asset deal. Leonardo will also...
26/07/2023
CMS advises Sunlight on the acquisition of 100 percent of Triathlon Holding
Berlin – Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems, a technology company headquartered in Athens, specializing in innovative industrial mobility batteries for the intralogistics sector and Energy Storage...
30/06/2023
CMS advises AI service provider Veritone on acquisition of SaaS provider...
Stuttgart – Veritone, an artificial intelligence company, has acquired Broadbean for $52 million. The acquisition of Broadbean, a soft­ware-as-a-ser­vice technology that makes talent acquisition and engagement...
02/06/2023
CMS advises SYNLAB on acquisition of WolfartKlinik
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...
05/04/2023
CMS advises Extantia on EUR 6.3 million seed financing round for climatetech...
Berlin – Climatetech start-up Magnotherm, a producer of innovative refrigerators that are cooled using magnetic fields, has successfully completed a seed round of financing worth EUR 6.3 million. The...
30/12/2022
CMS advises Berlinovo on the acquisition of a medical center in Berlin...
Berlin – Berlinovo Immobilien Gesellschaft mbH has completed its acquisition of all the shares in Hauptstadt Ruschestraße 103 GmbH. Hauptstadt Ruschestraße 103 GmbH is the owner and operator of a...
08/12/2022
Further expansion with mega-deal: CMS advises Sunlight on acquisition of...
Berlin – Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems (Sunlight Group), a technology company headquartered in Athens, Greece, specializing in integrated and innovative industrial and off-road energy storage...
14/09/2022
CMS advises Arcadis on acquisition of Giftge Consult
Berlin – Arcadis, a leading global design & consultancy organization for natural and built assets, has acquired all shares in Giftge Consult GmbH, a leading consulting and engineering company for energy...
25/07/2022
CMS advises Afinum 9 on joint acquisition with Unigestion of premium food...
Munich – Afinum Neunte Beteili­gungs­gesell­schaft mbH & Co. KG (Afinum 9), together with Unigestion S.A. and the founder of Zeit für Brot, Dirk Steiger, has acquired the Zeit für Brot Group from Afinum...
29/06/2022
CMS advises Medicover on acquisition of MeinDentist in Germany
Berlin – Medicover, a leading international healthcare and diagnostic services company, has signed an agreement to acquire the business of MeinDentist. The acquisition is subject to customary merger...