Edzard is an employment law specialist and heads our Legal 500 recognised employment team and German Desk.
He is dual qualified as Rechtsanwalt in Germany (similar to an attorney in the US or a solicitor or barrister in the UK) and solicitor in England & Wales. Edzard is bilingual in English and German and acts for many German, Austrian and Swiss multi-nationals with UK operations. He specialises in providing day-to-day UK employment law advice to corporate clients on risk and strategic HR issues relating to their UK workforce, particularly in relation to handling workplace conflicts, exits and restructuring and redundancy exercises. He has a particular expertise in managing multi-jurisdictional workforce restructuring projects and he frequently advises our corporate clients on boardroom disputes, executive recruitments and senior management exits. His international legal background and extensive experience enables him to advise across borders on employment and labour law matters.
Edzard is widely published. He is the exclusive contributor to the Legal 500 comparative guides 2025 on Germany (Employment and Labour Law) and the co-editor and co-author of the standard textbook for HR professionals on workforce restructurings across Europe.