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Paula Wernecke is Chief Human Resources Officer at CMS in Germany. Her responsibilities also include managing the firm’s corporate culture and employee experience.
As a lawyer, she has long-standing experience in employment law as well as in human resources, both from working at a DAX30 company and practising with CMS. She has particular expertise providing strategic and innovative HR advice and supporting the legal teams of international corporations and German start-ups. Paula advises CMS clients in particular on restructurings, outsourcings and transfers of undertakings, also negotiating with employee representatives. She regularly speaks on employment law and HR topics at trade fairs and conferences.
Paula Wernecke joined CMS as counsel in 2019. Prior to that, she was with Adidas AG (beginning in 2012), most recently as Senior Director Global Legal & Compliance in the role of Head of Global Legal HR & Labor Relations.