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Annika Vanessa Kemna
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Annika Vanessa Kemna

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

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Annika Vanessa Kemna advises German and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law.

She focuses on the preparation and implementation of reorganisations, on negotiations with works councils on works agreements as well as reconciliation of interests and social compensation plans, on employment due diligence issues on transactions as well as establishing and terminating employment relationships.

Annika also represents companies in employment tribunals, in particular in the context of dismissals and disputes with works councils. She joined CMS in 2016 and has been a counsel since 2021.

Publications

  • Eingliederung von ausländischen Matrix-Führungskräften, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA) 2026, 15 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Barbara Bittmann)
  • Mehrfach-Wahlberechtigung von Matrix-Führungskräften bei der Betriebsratswahl, Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 2026, 16 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Barbara Bittmann)
  • Münchener Anwaltshandbuch Arbeitsrecht, Teil L. Zusammenarbeit mit dem Betriebsrat, Beck, 5. Auflage 2021
  • Betriebsänderung und Beteiligung der Schwerbehindertenvertretung, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA) 2019, S. 1547

Memberships & Roles

  • Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e.V.

Lectures list

  • "Digital, divers und nachhaltig, die Betriebsratswahl 2022", CMS Circle, Hamburg, 17.02.2022
  • "Praktisch gedacht: Arbeitszeiterfassung nach dem EuGH", CMS Circle, Hamburg, 25.02.2021
  • "Stärkung der Schwerbehindertenvertretung - Folgen für Restrukturierung und Tagesgespräch", CMS Circle, Hamburg, 14.11.2019
  • "Arbeiten 4.0" CMS Circle, Hamburg, 17.06.2019
  • "Brückenteilzeit nach § 9a TzBfG" CMS Circle, Hamburg, 22.11.2018
  • Praxisworkshop: Betriebsratswahl 2018 (12.9.2017)

Education

  • 2016: Second state examination in law
  • 2014: Trainee lawyer at Hamburg Higher Regional Court, including stints at an international law firm in Hamburg, working in the firm’s labor and employment law practice, and an internationally operating German consumer goods company and retailer, working in the company’s HR department
  • 2013 - 2014: Research assistant at an international law firm in Hamburg, working in the firm’s labor and employment law practice
  • 2013: First state examination in law
  • Law studies at the University of Duesseldorf
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