Dr. Eckard Schwarz

Eckard focuses on company reorganizations and restructurings as well as employment law aspects of transactions, where he offers efficient support from start to finish, i.e. from the strategic planning of a project to its full and final implementation. He is valued for his ability to combine profound legal advice with a client centric and innovative approach. When it comes to negotiations with works councils and their advisors, you can trust Eckard to deliver clear and pragmatic solutions that get the job done, while protecting your brand reputation and employee relations.

His clients praise Eckard as a "knowledgeable, creative and service-oriented" advisor (JUVE) who "comes up with strategies that lead to success" (Legal 500 EMEA). Leading German business magazines like Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche as well as renowned legal directories like Best Lawyers or JUVE usually rate him in the highest categories.

Eckard is "Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht" (Specialist for employment law) and heads our employment law department at our Hamburg office. He is co-editor of as well as contributor to the German standard reference on employment law "Beck'sches Formularbuch Arbeitsrecht", which is one of the most regarded books on employment issues in Germany.