Dr. Christina Mennemeyer

Senior Associate

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

English, German, French

Practice areas

• Automotive
• Employment law
• Employment litigation and dispute resolution
• Executive employment issues
• HR Consultancy
• Investment treaty arbitration
• Restructuring and redundancy
• Retail

Practice notes

Dr. Christina Mennemeyer is a Senior Associate in the Labour and Employment Law practice group at Eversheds Sutherland in Munich.

She advises and represents national and international companies in all areas of labour and employment law. She has long-standing experience both in providing labour and employment law as well as corporate law advice to companies. Her main focus lies in the provision of labour and employment law advice in the context of company transactions. She also focuses on providing labour and employment law advice to HR departments. Christina furthermore supports companies, management boards and managing directors in drafting and terminating employment contracts.

After the completion of her doctorate and her activities for Prof. Dr. Junker at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Labour and Employment Law (Zentrum für Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeitsrecht, ZAAR), Christina joined a renowned commercial law firm in Munich in October 2011. From 2016 until joining Eversheds Sutherland in 2019, she worked, after a spin-off, for another commercial law firm in the areas of corporate as well as labour and employment law.

Since 2012, Christina has been a mentor at the business startup seminar of Munich University of Technology at the Institute for Computer Technology and Computer Organisation – Institute for Computer Science headed by Prof. Dr. Michael Gerndt and, since 2013, she has been a juror at the Munich Businessplan Competition for founders and startups in Munich and Southern Bavaria.

Her recent publications includes:

• "Régroupement d’entreprises en Allemagne", Vortrag bei der Kanzlei Alérion, Paris November 2013
• "Recent developments in labour law", Vortrag im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit der Ritsumeikan Universität in Kyoto, München 2010
• "Mindestlohn als politische und rechtliche Herausforderung", Bericht zum 7. Ludwigsburger Rechtsgespräch, Ludwigsburg 2010
• „Verbotene Diskriminierung wegen des Geschlechts nach US-amerikanischem Recht“, DAKV Newsletter, 34. Jahrgang, März 2009
• "Kartellrecht und Arbeitsmarkt", Bericht zum 6. Ludwigsburger Rechtsgespräch, Ludwigsburg 2009
• "Zeitwertkonten und Entgeltumwandlung - Systemfragen nach Flexi II", Bericht zur 1. ZAAR-Tagung, Frankfurt am Main 2009
• "Zukunft der Zeitarbeit", Bericht zum 6. ZAAR-Kongreß, München 2009
• "Arbeitsstrafrecht im Umbruch", Bericht zum 5. Ludwigsburger Rechtsgespräch, Ludwigsburg 2008
• "Grundlegende Weichenstellung der AGB-Kontrolle von Arbeitsverträgen", Bericht zum Vortrag von Professor Dr. Abbo Junker, ZAAR München 2008
• "Rechtsfragen des Mindestlohns", Bericht zum Vortrag von Professor Dr. Georg Caspers, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2008
• "Gewerkschafts- und Betriebsratsbestechung", Bericht zum Vortrag von Professor Dr. Volker Rieble, ZAAR München 2008
• "'Nicht sehen, nichts hören, nichts sprechen - Personaleinstellung unter dem AGG", Bericht zum Vortrag von Professor emerit. Dr. Herbert Buchner, Universität Augsburg 2008

Her recent experience includes:

• Advising an international consultancy and training company on extensive restructuring and reorganisation measures in the DACH region from a labour and employment law perspective.
• Advising medium-sized companies acting in the industrial production sector on the implementation of comprehensive amendments to the employment contracts of the entire workforce.
• Broad experience in the implementation of transactions in respect of labour and employment law, including due diligence processes and negotiation of company purchase agreements.
• Provision of ongoing labour and employment law advice to different (international) companies in the trade, hospitality, health and auditing sectors.