Gilbert Wurth specialises in the employment law aspects of the restructuring and reorganisation of companies as well as in providing employment law advice during company acquisitions and transformations. He advises and represents companies regularly in collective bargaining negotiations and in compromises of interest and social plan negotiations. Gilbert Wurth has many years of experience in resolving internal company conflicts and regularly conducts concilation board and court proceedings on the employers' side. He also focuses on advising on questions of company codetermination.
Gilbert Wurth is a member of the Automotive & Mobility sector group.
Gilbert Wurth is listed by the US publishing house Best Lawyers amongst the best lawyers for employment law in Germany.
Gilbert Wurth is a founding partner of Oppenhoff. From 1994 to 2007 he was a partner at Oppenhoff & Rädler / Linklaters LLP. He studied law at the University of Cologne (Dr. jur.).
Gilbert Wurth is a member of the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e. V. (DAV)), Cologne Bar Association (Kölner Anwaltverein e. V. (KAV)) and the Employment Law Working Group of the German Bar Association.
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Deutsche Tochter im internationalen Konzern – Rechtshandbuch für die Praxis [German subsidiaries of international groups – a practical legal handbook]
Munich dated 2019 (publisher)
Berücksichtigung jährlicher Boni und Tantiemen bei der Berechnung des Vorruhestandsgelds [Consideration of annual bonuses and director’s bonuses in the calculation of early retirement benefit]
DER BETRIEB dated 17 March 2017
Betriebsübergang: Außerordentliche betriebsbedingte Kündigung nach Widerspruch des sonderkündigungsgeschützten Arbeitnehmers [Transfer of business: extraordinary termination for operational reasons after an opposition by an employee who enjoys special protection]
DER BETRIEB dated 3 June 2016 p. 1320
