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Dr. Alexandra Otto

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

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Dr. Alexandra Otto

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

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CMS Hasche Sigle
Kranhaus 1
Im Zollhafen 18
50678 Cologne
Germany
Languages German, English

Alexandra Otto advises German and international companies on all aspects of employment law, with a focus on the strategic preparation and implementation of restructuring measures, the handling of transfers of undertakings in the context of group reorganisations and transactions as well as providing advice on post-merger integration. Her practice covers all related legal aspects, particularly negotiations with work councils and trade unions on reconciliation of interests and social plan agreements, collective agreements as well as transition and restructuring agreements.

Alexandra also specialises on providing strategic advice on corporate co-determination matters and the foundation of European Companies (SE-Societas Europaea). This includes managing international employee participation procedures and negotiating participation agreements. She is Co-Head of the firm's cluster of excellence “Corporate co-determination & SE”.

Alexandra joined CMS in 2008 and has been a partner since 2021.

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Relevant experience

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Memberships & Roles

  • German Bar Association’s employment law working group
  • AIJA, Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats – International Association of Young Lawyers
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Publications

  • Mitautorin des Handbuchs „Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung“ von Gaul (Hrsg.), 2. Auflage 2022, Otto Schmidt
  • "Verzicht auf das Widerspruchsrecht – in Zukunft nur noch durch ausdrückliche Verzichtserklärung?", Der Betrieb (DB) 2019, 2479 (abrufbar unter DB1315293)
  • Erwerb von Anteilen und Ausübung von Herrschaftsmacht ist kein „Übergang“ i.S.d. RL 2001/23/EG oder i.S.d. § 613a BGB, Kommentar zum Urteil des BAG vom 23.03.2017, 8 AZR 91/15; DER BETRIEB, Heft 42, DB1247512
  • Mitherausgeberin „Arbeitsrecht in der Umstrukturierung – Strategie, Praxis, Vertragsgestaltung“ 2016, C.F.Müller
  • Mitautorin des Handbuchs „Europäisches Mitbestimmungsrecht - SE, SCE, SPE und grenzüberschreitende Verschmelzung“, 2015, C.H.BECK
  • Die Auftraggeberhaftung des MiLoG - Effektive Reaktionsmöglichkeiten auf die neuen Risiken bei der Einschaltung von Subunternehmen, ArbRB 11/2014, Sonderheft zum Mindestlohn
  • Prerequisites for redundancies by seller based on buyer's concept, ILO-Beitrag (www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters, Employment & Benefits - Germany)
  • Kündigung des Veräußerers nach Erwerberkonzept - Gestaltungsspielraum ja, aber kein Freibrief für beliebige Konzepte, DB, Heft Nr. 33 vom 15.08.2014, DB 0665735
  • Konsequenzen einer Spaltung nach § 123 UmwG für Firmentarifverträge, BB 2014 Heft 8, p. 500 - 505
  • Interessenausgleich mit Namensliste in der Insolvenz kein "Freibrief" für die Sozialauswahl durch Insolvenzverwalter und Betriebsrat, Anmerk. zu BAG 20.09.12 - 6 AZR 483/11, NZI 1-2/2013
  • Konsequenzen der Krisenbewältigung für Bonuszahlungen für Vorstand, Geschäftsführer und Führungskräfte, KSzW 2010, p. 121 ff
  • Chancen und Risiken tariflicher Lösungen, NZA-Beilage 2010, p. 60
  • Aufhebungsverträge zur Lösung der Krise?, Form+Werkzeug 2010, p. 20
  • "Das VorstAG - veränderte Vorgaben auch für die Geschäftsführer und den Aufsichtsrat der GmbH", GmbHR 2009, p. 959 ff
  • Wahlkampfgetöse im Arbeitsrecht: Gesetzliche Begrenzung der Vorstandsvergütung und Änderungen der Aufsichtsratstätigkeit, NZA 2009, p. 809 ff
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Lectures list

  • Spezialistenworkshop: „SE-Umwandlungen / grenzüberschreitende Verschmelzungen“, CMS Geschäftsbereichstreffen Arbeitsrecht 2019, Mallorca, 04.05.2019
  • "Workshop Arbeitsrecht", 25./26. Oktober 2013, Berlin, interne Schulung
  • "Post-Merger Integration from a German labour law perspective", DNHK, Utrecht, 3. Oktober 2013
  • "Betriebsübergang, Betriebsänderung und Outsourcing", Haufe Akademie, Mannheim, 26. Mai 2011
  • "Vorstandsvergütung und D&O - Versicherung nach VorstAG - Neues Recht für Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat", DASV, Düsseldorf, 21.09.2010
  • "Vertiefungsworkshop Arbeitsrecht", Mandantenseminar, Osnabrück, 11.01.2010
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Education

  • Certified lawyer for labor and employment law
  • PhD, University of Cologne
  • 2005 - 2007: Trainee lawyer at Cologne Higher Regional Court
  • 2004 - 2005: Research assistant and PhD student (thesis on the law of obligations) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Barbara Grunewald, Chair of Civil and Business Law, University of Cologne
  • Special English-language training for lawyers at the University of Trier
  • Law studies at the Universities of Trier, Lausanne and Cologne
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Expertise

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19/06/2024
CMS advises Haufe Group on sale of Haufe-Lexware Real Estate to SaaS provider...
Berlin, 20.06.2024 – Haufe Group SE, a leading B2B provider of integrated business and workplace solutions, has entered into an agreement to sell all the shares in Haufe-Lexware Real Estate AG to Aareon, a market leader in SaaS solutions for the property industry. The aim of the acquisition is to transfer Haufe-Lexware Real Estate AG’s existing ERP software solutions for the property and housing sector to the Aareon Group’s product portfolio. Completion of the deal is expected at the end of June 2024.A CMS team headed by partners Jesko Nobiling and Dr Jörg Zätzsch advised Haufe Group on all legal and tax aspects of the transaction. Haufe Group regularly relies on advice from teams headed by the two CMS partners. Recent examples include the sale of its Umantis talent management business to Swiss software company Abacus Research AG and the sale of tax return start-up Steuerbot GmbH to Taxfix SE. CMS Germany Dr Jörg Zätzsch, Lead Partner, Corporate/M&A Jesko Nobiling, Lead Partner, Tax Dr Karsten Heider, Partner Dr Friedrich von Spee, Counsel Dr Kevin Schmidt, Senior As­so­ci­ate Madeline Göbel, Senior Associate Dr Maximilian Koch, Senior Associate Dr Sven Möller, Associate Nadine Fröhlich, Project Manager, all Corporate/M&A Mariya Ivanova, Senior As­so­ci­ate Al­ex­an­der Selentin, Associate, both Tax Dr Alexandra Otto, Partner Patricia Jares, Principal Counsel, both Labor, Employment & Pensions Dr Ole Jani, Partner Dr Huy Do Chi, Counsel, both IP Dr Rolf Hempel, Partner Martin Cholewa, Counsel, both Antitrust, Competition & Trade Prof. Malte Grützmacher, Partner Julia Bald, Associate, both TMC Dr Mirko Zorn, Principal Counsel, Real Estate & Public Birgit Wagner, Smart OperationsPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
Deals
07/07/2023
CMS advises Stockmeier Group on conversion to European stock corporation
Düs­sel­dorf/Co­logne – Stockmeier Holding GmbH, an international company based in Bielefeld, has changed its corporate form and will trade in future as a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea...
Deals
05/02/2021
CMS advises Sievert Group on extensive reorganisation and formation of...
Cologne – The international Sievert Group completed a complex and comprehensive project to reorganise its corporate structures at the start of the new year. In the first half of last year, the company...
Deals
07/01/2021
CMS Germany starts new year with nine new partners
Berlin – Commercial law firm CMS Germany has appointed nine new partners as of the start of the new year. This will strengthen the partnership in the Employment, Restructuring & Insolvency, Dispute...
Press releases
08/12/2020
CMS advises Häfele on conversion to SE & Co KG
Stuttgart – Häfele GmbH & Co KG, the parent company of the world-leading Häfele Group, a manufacturer and supplier of furniture fittings and architectural hardware, electronic locking systems and...
Deals