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Dr. Maximilian Koschker, LL.M. (University of Auckland)

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

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Dr. Maximilian Koschker, LL.M. (University of Auckland)

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

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 29
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Languages German, English

Maximilian Koschker advises companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, with a focus on the challenges of the modern working world and advancing digitalisation (“Work 4.0”, “New Work”). This covers mobile working and working from home including modern working hours, use of outside personnel, legal issues related to the use of a company’s IT infrastructure as well as employee data protection but also the challenges of a globally mobile workforce. Maximilian often advises international clients from Europe and further afield.

Maximilian joined CMS in 2011 and has been a partner since 2021. He is co-head of the firm’s excellence cluster “New Work”, the main contact for all employment law questions within the “CMS Expat Desk” in Germany and a lecturer for employment law at Steinbeis International School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE) in Berlin. Maximilian regularly publishes in legal journals and speaks on current employment law topics.

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Leading individual for Employment

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022, 2023

Recommended for employment and labor law

Kanzleimonitor 2017, 2018

Leading individual for Employment

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022, 2023

Recommended for employment and labor law

Kanzleimonitor 2017, 2018

Publications

  • "Das Zusammenspiel von Datenschutz und Verwertungsverbot am Beispiel der offenen Videoüberwachung“, ArbR Aktuell 2023, p. 583 ff.
  • "Private Nutzung von IT am Arbeitsplatz: Folgen der Erlaubnis vs. Folgen des Verbots - Expertenforum Arbeitsrecht (#EFAR) (efarbeitsrecht.net)"
  • "Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen im Homeoffice und beim mobilen Arbeiten", Expertenforum Arbeitsrecht 28.02.2023 (together with Thomas Fröhlich)
  • Formulare A.I-III, IX in: Zirnbauer/Hahn (Hrsg.), Münchener Prozessformularbuch Arbeitsrecht, C.H.Beck, 6.Auflage 2023
  • "Zusammenarbeit proaktiv gestalten - Wie es nach der Betriebsratswahl weiter geht, Personalführung" - Das Fachmagazin für Personalverantwortliche, Ausgabe 2.2022, p. 22
  • „Betriebsratswahlen 2022: Pflichten, Rechte, Anfechtbarkeit“, Human Resources Manager 31.01.2022 (together with Dr Anja Naumann)
  • "Betriebsratswahlen: Die 10 größten Fehler für Arbeitgeber", Human Resources Manager 17.01.2022 (together with Dr Anja Naumann)
  • "Was bei den Betriebsratswahlen 2022 neu ist", Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Ausgabe 20, 29.09.2021 (together with Dr Anja Naumann)
  • Personalwirtschaft "Kein digitaler Durchbruch", Berichterstattung mit Zitaten von Dr. Maximilian Koschker sowie Nennung von CMS, March 2021
  • Gesetzesentwurf zum Krankenschein per Video – was bedeutet das für Arbeitgeber? - SERVICE - Kurz gefragt Krankheit, Gesetzgebung | Fachartikel | Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht - Personal | Praxis | Recht (arbeit-und-arbeitsrecht.de) (more)
  • Krankenschein per Video – das müssen Arbeitgeber beachten, Gastbeitrag für den Human Resources Manager (www.humanresourcesmanager.de), released on 14.12.2020
  • Krankschreibung per Video soll dauerhaft bleiben, Wortbeiträge für den Staatsanzeiger Baden-Württemberg, released on 11.12.2020
  • Videokrankschreibung auch nach Corona – mit Risiken und Nebenwirkungen, Gastbeitrag für Legal Tribune Online (www.lto.de), released on 08.12.2020
  • "EU auto industry turns to 'acquisition and hiring' to build competitive workforces", Beitrag bei Law-Now, released on 31.10.2019 (together with Dr Sabina Krispenz)
  • Abschnitt "Private use of company devices (internet, e-mail, smart and mobile phones) and BYOD" im Sammelbeitrag "Technology in the workplace – an overview of employment law issues in Europe", erschienen am 03.01.2019 bei CMS Law-Now (together with Andrea Červenková, Vincent Delage und Titrite Baamouche)
  • "So müssen Mittelständler ab sofort ihre Geschäftsgeheimnisse schützen", Gastbeitrag für das Fachmagazin Markt und Mittelstand (www.marktundmittelstand.de), online erschienen am 30.11.2018 (together with Alexander Leister)
  • "BYOD – Jeder bringt was mit", Wortbeiträge und Zitate für das Praxismagazin unternehmensjurist, Heft 5/2018, p. 34 ff. (together with Andreas Josupeit)
  • "Branchenzuschläge in der Zeitarbeit - ungeklärte Fragen und neue Probleme", Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA) 2018, 755, Jg. 2018 (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Acqui-Hire" – Transaktionsberatung in einem gewandelten Umfeld, article in the study "Legal Management of Innovation", published by CMS and Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen e.V. (BUJ), 16.01.2018, p. 212 et seqq. (together with Dr Maximilian Grub and Dr Sabina Krispenz)
  • Manual Chapter "Co-determination on remuneration" in: Maschmann (ed.), Total Compensation – Manual on remuneration, p. 261-286, Deutscher Fachverlag, 1. Edition 2017
  • "Mitbestimmung bei der Entgeltgestaltung – Verteilungsgerechtigkeit durch Verfahren", Nomos publishing company, Baden-Baden 2015 (Dissertation University of Regensburg)
  • "Employment & Labour Law in Germany", chapter in legal handbook "International Business Law", published by Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE), 1st edition 2015, p. 421 et seqq. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Bedingt zukunftstauglich", essay in Human Resources Manager, Heft 4/2015, p. 96 et seqq. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Die Auftraggeberhaftung des MiLoG als Herausforderung für die Corporate Compliance", Aufsatz in Compliance-Berater, Heft 8/2015, p. 269 et seqq.
  • "Industrie 4.0 – wir brauchen ein neues Arbeitsrecht", Gastbeitrag bei WirtschaftsWoche Online, erschienen am 06.07.2015 (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Einseitige Regelungen auf dem Prüfstand - Grenzen von Jeweiligkeitsklauseln", Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht (AuA) 2015, p. 92 ff. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Security-Checks sind Arbeitszeit", Kurzkommentar in Lebensmittelzeitung, Heft 51/2014, p. 34 (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • Social Media Guidelines: "Chancen und Risiken des Mitmach-Webs im Betrieb verbindlich regeln", BetriebsBerater (BB) 2013, p. 2229 ff. (co-author)
  • "Befristungsrecht in ständiger Bewegung", Rechtsessay, Human Resources Manager Heft 3/2013, p. 96 ff. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Herausforderung demographischer Wandel: Wie Unternehmen erfahrenes Personal langfristig halten", Impulse.de, published on 23.04.2013 (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "War for Talents: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Personalrecruitings", Impulse.de, published on 07.03.2013 (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Burn-Out: Mitarbeiter haben Anspruch auf Vorsorge", lead-digital.de, published on 28.02.2013, (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Eine für alle": kurze Ausschlussfrist des § 15 Abs. 4 AGG gilt auch für konkurrierende Anspruchsgrundlagen, BB-Kommentar, BetriebsBerater (BB) 2012, p. 3210
  • "Flexibilisierung von Bonusregelungen – eine unlösbare Aufgabe?" Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA) 2012, p. 1071 ff. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
  • "Vergütungssysteme auf dem Prüfstand " – neue aufsichtsrechtliche Anforderungen für Banken und Versicherungen, BetriebsBerater (BB) 2011, p. 120 ff. (together with Dr Oliver Simon)
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Lectures list

  • Working from home - codetermination rights of the works council, Blickpunkt Arbeitsrecht, Stuttgart, 19.02.2024
  • Long-term employment of workers abroad, CMS Employment Week, Webinar, 13.09.2023
  • Compliance Sessions "Update on secrecy protection compliance as an ongoing task in your company", Stuttgart, 09.02.2023
  • Jurisprudence in labour law 2022: You should know about these decisions, Regional group meeting Southwest BVAU, Stuttgart, 21.11.2022
  • Works council elections in times of a pandemic, Webinar, 15.02.2022
  • Employment law update, CMS Business Breakfast, Webinar, 10.11.2021
  • The employment law aspects of an asset deal, M&A Academy 2021, Webinar, 26.10.2021
  • After the works council election: what comes next in terms of cooperation, release from obligation to work and internal organisation, Webinar, 06.10.2021
  • Employment law update, Webinar Ulm Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 23.09.2021
  • Works council elections 2022 - 10 mistakes employers should avoid, Webinar - CMS Germany, Stuttgart, 13.09.2021
  • Returning to the office, German Association of General Counsel (BUJ) Talks, interactive, 29.07.2021, Stuttgart
  • Data protection, working from home and the protection of business secrets, working from abroad, webinar series "What employers need to know about mobile working and working from home - Part I - III", Stuttgart, webinar in German, 17.02.2021
  • Big data and data protection – legal limits in HR work, online lecture in the framework of the 38th HR Fitness Club on 07.10.2020
  • Bridges and Walls: How can German Companies Send Employees to the U.S. in This Time of Travel and Visa Bans?, online lecture in the framework of an AmCham Germany Expert Briefing, online, 28.09.2020
  • New protection for trade secrets: problems everywhere, lecture at the CMS Compliance Forum 2019 in Frankfurt a.M., 05.11.2019
  • The German Trade Secrets Act from an employment law perspective, CMS Stuttgart, 08.10.2019
  • Codetermination in health and safety issues, 18th CMS Employment Law Congress in Frankfurt a.M., 21.05.2019
  • "The New Protection of Business Secrets Act", presentation at the Stuttgart/Württemberg meeting of the German Association of Corporate Lawyers, Stuttgart, 23.05.2019
  • "Working time – what counts, what's paid?", lecture at the 9th meeting of the BVAU's "International employment law" interest group, Frankfurt a.M., 19.11.2018
  • "Works council and data protection", lecture at the "Data protection in the workplace Part 2" BVAU Roadshow, Munich, 14.11.2018
  • "Working time – what counts, what's paid?", lecture at the 18th meeting of the BVAU's south-west regional group, Ditzingen, 12.11.2018,
  • "Works council and data protection", lecture at the "Data protection in the workplace Part 2" BVAU Roadshow, Düsseldorf, 08.11.2018
  • "Recruiting 4.0 – between big data and data protection", lecture at the GKV/TecPart annual meeting, Heidelberg, 13.09.2018
  • "New data protection and employment law – what really are the changes?", lecture at the CMS Business Breakfast, Stuttgart, 21.03.2018
  • "Employment law update – what to watch in 2018", lecture at IHK Ulm, Ehingen, 14.11.2017
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Education

  • 2015: PhD; thesis on German Works Constitution Act under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Frank Maschmann, University of Regensburg
  • 2011: Second state examination in law
  • 2009 - 2011: Trainee lawyer at Hechingen Regional Court
  • LL.M. with a specialisation in commercial law at the University of Auckland
  • 2008: First state examination in law
  • Law studies at the University of Wuerzburg and the University of Tuebingen
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21/12/2023
CMS advises C.C.A.G. Crotti on the acquisition of Gutmann Group
Stuttgart – An international team led by Dr Georg Lauster and Susanne Waldhans advised C.C.A.G. Crotti S.r.l., based in Bergamo, Italy, on the acquisition of the Gutmann Group's operating business in...
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11/09/2023
CMS Workation Guide
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.
Guide
13/06/2023
CMS advises ABB on the acquisition of Eve Systems GmbH
Stuttgart –ABB acquired Eve Systems GmbH, a Munich-based leader of smart home products with operations in Europe and the United States. Eve Systems was established in 1999 and has developed a leading...
Deals
10/06/2022
CMS advises KK Wind Solutions on strengthening energy conversion offerings
Stuttgart – KK Wind Solutions has acquired ConverterTec Deutschland GmbH’s R&D team and its IP portfolio. With the acquisition, KK Wind Solutions strengthens its own research and development department...
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22/02/2022
CMS advises National Express Rail on business transfer following insolvency...
Düsseldorf – Cologne-based National Express Rail has taken on all the employees involved in operating the RE 1 (RRX) and RE 11 (RRX) lines following the insolvency of rail company Abellio NRW. Abellio...
Deals
30/07/2021
CMS advises Uniphar on its market entry in Germany by acquiring CoRRect...
Stuttgart - Uniphar Europe Limited, a subsidiary of publicly-listed Uniphar PLC, based in Dublin, has acquired CoRRect Medical GmbH, based in Oberhaching, Bavaria. For Uniphar, an international diversified...
Deals
10/06/2021
Protecting trade secrets: IT security and employee leaks regarded as biggest...
Three out of four senior corporate executives believe that more needs to be invested in protecting trade secrets. That is one of the key findings of recent analysis by international law firm CMS in association...
Press releases
20/04/2021
CMS advises VINTIN Group shareholders on acquisition by MCL Group
Stuttgart – The MCL Group has acquired the VINTIN Group, an IT services specialist with 196 employees, by acquiring all the shares in vintin GmbH. One Equity Partners (OEP) is an investor in the MCL...
Deals
08/04/2021
CMS advises Seidenspinner on acquisition by idverde
Stuttgart – idverde, Europe’s leading provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation projects, which is majority-owned by private equity investor Core Equity Holdings, has acquired...
Deals
20/01/2021
CMS advises Spiegel Institut Group on acquisition by Rhein Invest
Stuttgart – Dutch private equity investor Rhein Management B.V. (“Rhein Invest”) and investor and buy-in manager Dr Andree Kang signed an agreement at the end of December 2020 to acquire all the...
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
22/10/2020
CMS advises Finexx on acquisition of BIOVEGAN
Stuttgart – Private equity firm Finexx has closed its second fund, Finexx Fonds II, and acquired a 100% stake in BIOVEGAN GmbH, a supplier of organic vegan baking and cooking ingredients. The investment...
Deals
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