Lorenz Schuwerack
Lorenz Schuwerack advises German and international companies, managing directors and executives in all areas of individual and collective labour law.
Lorenz Schuwerack studied law at Bucerius Law School and Chicago Kent College of Law. During his studies and legal clerkship, he focused on labour law and worked as a research associate in the employment and benefits practices of renowned national and international law firms. In his role at a strategic management consultancy, he then advised on issues related to people, leadership and organizational development.
Lorenz Schuwerack was also a lecturer at Bucerius Law School for mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
Area of expertise
- Ongoing labor law advice for companies, from agreed annual targets to terminations
- Planning, support and implementation of operational change
- Negotiations with work councils and drafting of collective working conditions
- Drafting of individual employment contracts and personalized measures
- Labor law litigation
- Internal investigations
- Employee data protection and privacy
- Introduction of labor law compliance measures such as whistleblowers or ombudsmen
- Employment law consulting for managers and protection against unwarranted dismissal
- Advice for managing directors and executive bodies
- Training courses and lectures
Publications
- The Fair Labor Standards Act and Germany’s Mindestlohngesetz, A Comparative Approach – Employment Law Update 2017, Chapter 3 (Wolters Kluwer)