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Nico Jänicke

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Nico is a specialist lawyer for employment law. Nico advises national and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law. As an experienced expert in the field of managing litigation, he advises his clients on all disputes in court relating to individual and collective law.

A further focus of his expertise is on restructurings and international transactions. Nico has special experience in the area of planning virtual employee profit-sharing schemes and in the creation and enforcement of non-compete covenants. He also increasingly advises employment agencies in the area of compliance. In addition, Nico is a regular speaker at APSCo Deutschland GmbH.

Nico is the Local Manager of Taylor Wessing's Berlin office.

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Our international employee incentives practice advises on the full range of management and employee incentive arrangements.

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CV

Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 – 2015 Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs, US, LLP
2009 – 2012 Associate, Pusch Wahlig
2009 Second legal state examination
2008 Legal clerkship, Pusch Wahlig
2008 Legal clerkship, Lindenpartners
2007 – 2009 Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court, Berlin
2006 First legal state examination
2001 – 2005 Legal studies, Freie Universität zu Berlin

Career

Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2017 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 – 2015 Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs, US, LLP
2009 – 2012 Associate, Pusch Wahlig

Education

2009 Second legal state examination
2008 Legal clerkship, Pusch Wahlig
2008 Legal clerkship, Lindenpartners
2007 – 2009 Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court, Berlin
2006 First legal state examination
2001 – 2005 Legal studies, Freie Universität zu Berlin

Publications

Operational Changes in Small Operations, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 11/2011, p. 677

Dissolution Petition of the Employer, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 10/2011, p. 616

Design of Termination Agreements, „Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht“ 09/2011, p. 522 et seq

Dynamic Referral to the National Agreement for Public Sector White-Collar Workers, “Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht” 05/2011, p. 310

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

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Best lawyers: Employment Law

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Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023

Lawyer of the year: Labor and Employment Law

Leading individual: Labor and employment law

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises General Catalyst on USD 223 million Series B financing in AI defence company Helsing

German AI defence company Helsing raises USD 223 (EUR 209) million in capital in a Series B funding round.

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Acquisition of Kolibri Games by Ubisoft

One of the premier developers of mobile free-to-play games and one of the leaders of the “idle” games genre, on its 75% acquisition by Ubisoft.

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Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG on its public takeover of the Belgian company Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA

Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, a German FSE stock listed company on all aspects of a cross-border merger. Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, one of the world's largest suppliers of isotope technology components for radiation therapy and nuclear medicine with headquarters in Berlin, as absorbing entity merged with the Belgian Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA, which was listed on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The transaction is a rare example of cross-border mergers of two listed companies on the basis of the European harmonized requirements of the EU Company Directive (EU) 2017/1132.

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