Munich—Global law firm Dentons is expanding its Employment and Labor practice in Germany with the recruitment of Dr. Philipp Byers as a partner. He will join the Munich office on May 1, 2023 together with counsel Kathrin Wenzel, Manuela Winkler and Christian Fischer.

The new team will establish the Employment and Labor practice in Munich to complement Dentons’ existing employment practice in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. The team will also strengthen Dentons’ offering in employee data protection.

Dr. Markus Diepold, Co-Head of Employment and Labor in Germany: "Philipp Byers is one of the most well-known employment practitioners in the German market, especially in the area of compliance and employee data protection. Welcoming him and his team is an extremely strong signal for our clients and our overall practice."

Andreas Ziegenhagen, Germany Managing Partner: "The hire of this strong team will strengthen the position of our Munich office in the market, while also playing a key role in our ongoing growth strategy for Germany."

Philipp Byers and his team join Dentons from Watson Farley & Williams. He advises national and international companies in all areas of individual and collective employment law. He focuses on employee data protection and employment-related compliance issues. Philipp Byers supports companies in all matters relating to works constitution law, the deployment of external personnel and operational restructuring. In addition, he has many years of experience in drafting employment contracts with senior executives as well as in conducting judicial and extrajudicial separation processes. Philipp Byers is recommended in the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms (2022/2023) as one of the leading labor law advisors under 50.

"Having an employment law team on site here in Munich is a real plus, especially for our locally based clients. This adds an important cornerstone to our existing offering. We are very pleased to have our new colleagues on board and warmly welcome the entire team to our firm." added René Dubois, Munich Office Managing Partner.

Commenting on his move, Philipp Byers said, "With an experienced and evolving Employment and Labor team in Germany, growing Munich office and international presence, Dentons offers a great platform from which my team can serve the needs of our clients and expand our areas of practice. We look forward to working together closely with our new colleagues."

With the new team addition, Dentons' Employment and Labor practice, co-headed by Dr. Markus Diepold and Dr. Sascha Grosjean, will grow to a total of 16 lawyers, including four partners.

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