Nikolaus Krienke advises national and international companies on all employment law issues.

His focus is on providing legal advice on change processes, in particular complex reorganizations and restructurings. He supports these processes from strategic planning and negotiations with trade unions and works councils through to final implementation. Clients can rely on his broad experience gained over many years in numerous large-scale projects in negotiations on balance of interests agreements and social plans, as well as the redesign of company collective agreements.

Further specializations include extensive compliance investigations and representing clients in challenging court proceedings.

Nikolaus Krienke is one of Germany’s leading employment lawyers. For more than 10 years, Nikolaus Krienke has been consistently recognized for his special expertise in all standard employment law handbooks such as JUVE, The Legal 500 and Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers.

He studied at the Universities of Hamburg, New York University, London School of Economics, and Columbia University. Before joining Seitz, Nikolaus Krienke has been the longstanding head of employment at a highly regarded international law firm.