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Niclas Minderjahn
Senior Associate

Dr. Niclas Minderjahn

Rechtsanwalt

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  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
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Niclas Minderjahn advises German and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, including related corporate law and white-collar crime issues. His practice covers employment law advice on restructuring, transaction and compliance projects as well as corresponding litigation. Niclas has particular experience in advising start-ups and is familiar with VC structures.

Niclas joined CMS in 2021. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer in the VC and corporate practice of a leading German transaction law firm.

Publications

  • Das zweite Führungspositionengesetz („FüPoG 2“) wird 1 – eine Bestandsaufnahme; ESGZ 2022, 31; co author: Prof. Dr. Marion Bernhardt
  • Das geänderte NachwG: Ausgewählte Praxisfragen und Handlungsempfehlungen; ZAU 2022, 604; co authors: Alexander Bissels, Dr. Markus Meißner
  • Kein Paukenschlag: Beweislast für Überstundenvergütung bleibt beim Arbeitnehmer, LRZ 2022, Rn. 1061, 1081, co author: Prof. Dr. Marion Bernhardt
  • Zustimmungsersetzungsantrag zur Umgruppierung bei Ausscheiden der Beschäftigten unzulässig - einseitige Erledigungserklärung; DB 2022, 1519
  • Entgeltgleichheitsklage: Gehalt unter Vergleichsmedian legt Diskriminierung nahe (§ 22 AGG), Der Betrieb 2021, 2292
  • „Die Frauenzielgrößen des GgTFMF – Von der legislativen Regelungstechnik, arbeits- und gesellschaftsrechtlichen Problemen der Rechtsanwendung und ihrer Umsetzung in der Praxis“, Nomos 2020

Memberships & Roles

  • German Bar Association
  • Berlin Bar Association
  • Bucerius Alumni
  • Amnesty International

Education

  • 2019: Second state examination in law
  • 2019: PhD (Dr. jur.), thesis on employment and corporate law topics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jacobs, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
  • 2017 - 2019: Trainee lawyer in Berlin including placements with the employment law practice of Gleiss Lutz, the German Foreign Office and the German American Chamber of Commerce, NY
  • 2010 - 2016: Law studies at Bucerius Law School (LL.B.), Hamburg, and in Sydney, Australia
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