Dr. Andrea Pirscher

BRANDI RECHTSANWÄLTE

Personal details

• Born February 4, 1966 in Herford
• University studies in law at the Universities of Bielefeld and Cologne
• 1991 and 1994: State examinations in law
• 1994: Admission to the bar
• 1994 until 1996: Lawyer at the firm of Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann (now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) in Hamburg and Düsseldorf
• 1996 until 1999: Freelance lawyer in Detmold
• Since 1998: Certified specialist for employment law
• 1999: Doctorate in law
• 1999 until 2005: Lawyer at the firm of Neef & Tschöpe (now named Tschöpe Schipp Clemenz) in Gütersloh
• 2006: joined the firm

Dr. Pirscher is recommended by best lawyers in 2012 for the practice area of labour and employment law. The respective list has been published by Handelsblatt.

Languages: German, English

Fields of Practice

LABOR LAW

• Employment contracts
• Termination agreements and notices of termination
• Fixed-term employments
• Works agreements between employer and works council
• Works constitution law and law of co-determination including negotiations with works councils and trade unions
• Judicial and extra-judicial representation in labor-related disputes
• Reconciliation of interests and social plan (including conciliation board)
• Church labor law
• Consulting and representation in case of plant closures and restructurings

COMPLIANCE

• Compliance process monitoring
• Labor law-related compliance
• Introduction of a compliance system at the company; negotiations with the works council
• Awareness-raising and training of employees

CORPORATE LAW

• Legal relationships of board members and managing directors
• Employment contracts with board members and managing directors

M&A

• Due diligence (labor law)
• Labor law support in contract negotiations and draft contracts

Publications

MONOGRAPH

• Betriebsteilung infolge Umstrukturierung - Auswirkungen auf die Amtsfortdauer des Betriebsrats (Division of Operations Following Restructuring - Consequences for the Continuation of the Works Council), Frankfurt, 2000

ESSAYS

• Anerkennung eines originären Freistellungsrechts des Insolvenzverwalters (Recognition of the Inherent Right of the Insolvency Administrator to Lay off Employees), ZInsO 2001, 698
• Zur Anrechnung von Urlaubsansprüchen in der Freistellungsphase (Calculation of Holiday Entitlement during the Lay-off-Period) EWiR 2001, 751

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Lawyers' Association)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeitsrecht im Deutschen Anwaltverein (Working Group for Employment Law a section of German Lawyers' Association)
• Deutscher Arbeitsgerichtsverband (German Employment Courts Association)
• European Employment Lawyers Association
• Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung (German-British Lawyers Association)
• Deutscher Arbeitsgerichtsverband