Dr. Christopher Melms

"It is important to me to convey content clearly, especially through pictures and graphics. The seminar participants should take away impulses and tips for their daily practice."

Lawyer and specialist lawyer for employment law, partner in a law firm with one of the largest employment law teams in Germany. Advice in all areas of collective and individual employment law. Focus: implementation of restructuring and reorganization measures, collective agreements. Specialist author.

Representation of domestic and foreign companies, in particular in collective bargaining and works constitution law, advice to companies on collective bargaining change processes (e.g. collective bargaining changes, in-house collective agreements) and negotiations with trade unions and works councils, support for restructuring and reorganization measures from strategic conception to final implementation, negotiation and conclusion of reconciliation of interests and social compensation plans, defense against the threat of strike action

• 1998 Admitted to the bar
• Lawyer with a law firm since 1998
• Partner at a law firm since 2005
• Head of the employment law practice group since 2013

• Studied law at the Universities of Regensburg and Aberdeen
• Has been practicing law for many years and holds the title of specialist lawyer for employment law
• He has been a trainer at the Haufe Academy for several years at the annual conferences and special training courses on employment law. He therefore also has extensive experience as a speaker.
• Since 2009 member of the specialist committee and appointed examiner for the specialist title of employment law at the Munich Bar Association

• German
• English

• Melms, C. (2016): Munich Lawyers' Handbook on Labor Law. In: Wilhelm Moll (ed.). Verlag C. H. Beck, 4th ed.
• Melms, C. (2016): Creative solutions for demanding clients. Personalmagazin Spezial, 4/2016, p.27.
• Melms, C./Kentner,K. (2014): The modification of the favorability principle. NZA, 3/2014, 127 et seq.
• Melms, C./Wiegelmann, C. (2013): Strikes in church institutions may be permissible - but only if the churches do nothing, Der Betrieb. 50/2013, M1.
• Melms, C. (2013): Personnel strategies 2013. Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, Vol. 3/2013 (job section).
• Melms, C./Reinhardt, S. (2010): The end of the relative peace obligation - industrial action always and everywhere? NZA 18/2010, p. 1033 et seq.

• Specialist expertise in the food and luxury food industry
• the health sector and
• in the media/entertainment/publishing sector