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Christoph Hexel

Certified Specialist Lawyer in Employment and Labor Law
Düsseldorf

+49 211 600 55-266 +49 174 31 87 55 5 +49 211 600 55-172

Languages
German, English
Practice groups/Expertise
Employment Compliance & Internal Investigations ESG - Sustainable Management
Consulting focuses
  • Employment Law | Labor Law
  • Compliance and Employment Law
  • Works Constitution Law
  • Collective Bargaining Law
  • Company Pension Schemes
  • Data Protection Law
  • Co-determination on supervisory board level / Election of employee representatives in the supervisory board
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Vita

  • Co-Head of the Employment Practice Group
  • Certified Specialist Lawyer in Employment and Labor Law
  • Admitted to the bar since 1999
  • Education and Former Activities
  • Managing associate, Linklaters 2002-2007
  • Secondment (3 months), SPX Corporation, Charlotte/U.S. 2003
  • Associate, Linklaters 2000-2002
  • Associate, Oppenhoff & Rädler 1999-2000
  • Legal clerkship, Heidelberg 1997-1999
  • Internship in the Legal Department of the Deutsche Bank AG, London/United Kingdom 1995
  • Law studies, University of Heidelberg 1992-1997

Affiliations

  • Work Group on Labor and Employment Law of the German Bar Association
  • Düsseldorf Bar Association
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)

Christoph Hexel's Distinctions

JUVE Ranking Wirtschaftskanzleien 2025/2026

Best Lawyers 2026

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2025

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024

Best Lawyers 2025

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024

Best Lawyers 2024

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023

WirtschaftsWoche Top Anwalt 2023

Latest news

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Publications

2023

BAG: Prüfung der Inflationsanpassung bei Betriebsrenten – kein Berechnungsdurchgriff alleine wegen Gewinnabführungsvertrags
Update Employment Law March 2023
LAG Nürnberg: Sozialplan – Pauschale Abfindungskürzung für rentennahe Arbeitnehmer kann gerechtfertigt sein
Update Emploment Law February 2023
Personalpartnerschaften - Unternehmensübergreifenden Personaleinsatz in der Krise gestalten
ZAU Arbeitsrecht im Unternehmen, No. 01, January 23, 2023,
together with Dr. Arietta von Stechow

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