Dr. Oliver Simon
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)
Oliver Simon has extensive expertise and many years of experience advising German and international clients on all issues pertaining to individual and collective employment law. His focus is on:
- Reorganisations and restructurings, including negotiations with works councils and other employee representatives on reconciliations of interests and social plans, etc.
- Compliance – preparing and accompanying internal and external investigations in compliance matters and assessing the consequences under employment law, representation in legal disputes, external personnel compliance
- Director and management board issues
- Works constitution law – works council remuneration, advising on cooperation with works councils, preparing and accompanying negotiations with works councils on works agreements, amongst other things, on working time regulations, the introduction of IT systems, remuneration systems, etc.
- Corporate codetermination – preparing and implementing strategic considerations on corporate codetermination, SE conversions, advising on electing employee representatives to the supervisory board
Oliver Simon is regularly recommended as one of the leading employment lawyers in Germany by JUVE, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Leaders League, Kanzleimonitor and WirtschaftsWoche, amongst others. He has been awarded the Lexology Client Choice Award 2024 in the Labour & Employment category by the International Law Office. The basis for the award is the judgment of more than 2,000 corporate lawyers. According to the online service, the prize is given to firms and lawyers "who distinguish themselves through outstanding customer service and the quality of their services, providing clients with genuine added value."
He began his legal career in 1998 at a law firm in Stuttgart that specialised in corporate law and M&A. He joined CMS in 2000 and in 2004 was seconded to CMS Cameron McKenna in London for six months. He has been a partner at CMS since 2005. Oliver Simon regularly publishes in legal journals, is the author of specialist articles in standard works of reference on employment law, and he also lectures on current employment law topics.
