The Best Lawyers in Germany© Names Two Ogletree Deakins Attorneys to 2019 List

ATLANTA – June 22, 2018 – Ogletree Deakins (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Hendrik Muschal and Carsten Brachmann, partners in the firm’s Berlin office, have been listed in The Best Lawyers in Germany^© 2019. Muschal and Brachmann appear on the list for the first time and were selected based on an exhaustive peer-review survey that examines the professional abilities, current practice, and experience of each lawyer.

Hendrik Muschal advises numerous German and international clients on all aspects of individual and collective employment law in both the private and public sector, international employment law, and criminal labor law. He is heavily involved in international business activities, particularly in the field of international investments and cross-border transactions as well as global human resources management. As co-chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Data Privacy Practice Group, Muschal supports companies in national and international data protection issues. In particular, he has experience guiding clients through sharing employee information within groups of companies, outsourcing employee data processing operations, and transferring employee data outside the EU.

Carsten Brachmann advises private and public employers on individual and collective employment law, especially regarding collective bargaining, works council constitution law, employee representation law, and employee leasing. He has been a certified specialist for employment law since 2005, with a legal advisory focus on employment law in the areas of public service and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Brachmann advises employers on restructuring measures in various industries, and he has successfully advised clients on matters of privatizations, internal reorganization measures, and the optimization of personnel costs without redundancies (for example, collective bargaining agreement alteration plans, the conclusion of a company agreement for the purposes of redeployment, performance-related pay, and working hours schemes). Brachmann is the author of numerous series of publications on topics concerning compliance and industrial law, and he acts regularly as a contributor on labor law-related topics. 

About Ogletree Deakins

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm’s Client Pledge, is one of the firm’s top priorities and a cornerstone of its core values. U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for seven consecutive years. In 2018, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor & Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 850 attorneys located in 53 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies. www.ogletree.com