Mr. Merz, a lawyer specializing in employment law, has been working in Dresden since 1991, where he founded the law firm Merz & Lauf Rechtsanwälte Part GmbB. He is now Of Counsel at white ip | Patent & Legal.
Dieter Merz is a proven expert in the field of employment law and advises on corporate and commercial law.
He focuses on advising medium-sized companies in various sectors, from sole proprietorships to corporations, member companies of guilds, municipalities, social institutions and members of the liberal professions. Furthermore, Mr. Merz has successfully advised and represented managers, executives and senior staff in legal proceedings.
He is also the founder of numerous organizations, associations and societies. Furthermore, he has many years of experience as a liquidator, chairman of supervisory boards, local councillor and board member of associations and social organizations. He is the author of numerous publications, frequently gives specialist lectures, runs employment law workshops and is a speaker in the team of experts at Dresden International University (DIU) .
- Ongoing support in personnel matters, e.g. warnings, dismissal, transfer of business, outsourcing measures
- Creation of legally compliant employment contracts
- Flexible working time and remuneration models
- Negotiations and consultations with works council/staff council/trade unions
- Employee data protection, employee monitoring
- Advice and support with structural measures under company law (formations, disputes, capital increases); in particular advice on the choice of legal form, taking into account the operational risk (sole trader, GmbH, OHG, KG, AG)
- Advising, representing and supporting the acting bodies, as well as drafting articles of association (with a particular focus on the clear, but interest-oriented structuring of the rights of the shareholders among themselves and of the bodies to each other)
- Representation in shareholder disputes, in particular in the event of termination and exclusion (shareholder dispute)
- Private equity consulting
- Company split-up and transformation
- Company restructuring
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): the merger of companies, the acquisition of company shares, business transfers or company cooperations.
- Joint venture: advice and drafting of cooperation agreements (joint venture agreement)
- Liquidations
- Drafting of HGB contracts through to commercial agent compensation
- Due diligence audits
- Company check – an analysis of a company’s strengths and weaknesses, including risk management
- Company succession – succession planning taking into account profitable and viable solutions, comprehensive succession planning with special consideration of employees and customers, family and suppliers, successors, banks and, last but not least, your own personal interests while weighing up conflicting interests
- Advice and planning for the drafting of company wills, inheritance and marriage contracts suitable for companies, business powers of attorney, execution of wills for the continuation of the business, emergency planning for the entrepreneur
- Preparation of analyses and plans in relation to the upcoming business handover, securing departing entrepreneurs, tax optimization
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