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Dr. Oliver Bertram
Dr. Oliver Bertram

Dr. Oliver Bertram

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  • Duesseldorf Germany
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As an employment lawyer, Oliver advises national and international companies and employers' associations on all matters of employment and social security law, in particular in the negotiation and drafting of collective agreements and concepts for the flexibilisation of personnel, remuneration and working hours.

 

He specialises in the contractual and actual structuring of the use of flexible personnel (temporary employment, interim management, freelancers, outsourcing through work/service contracts) and complex projects to ensure HR compliance. Oliver’s main focus is on advising personnel service companies, IT/engineering and logistics companies as well as hospitals. In addition, he provides strategic advice to large companies on collective employment law and employment law and social insurance law issues. As HR-Partner at Taylor Wessing Germany, Oliver is familiar with his clients' employment law issues from the perspective of a corporate lawyer.

 

Oliver is Managing Partner of Taylor Wessing Germany and Global Co-Chair.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate crime & compliance
Employment, pensions & mobility
Employment
Pensions
Healthcare regulatory

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Business & professional services
Health & social care and investors

CV

Since 2011 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 Partner, KLEINER Rechtsanwälte
2001 – 2006 Associate, KLEINER Rechtsanwälte
1998 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf and San Francisco
1996 Research Assistant, chair for employment law and social law, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
2004 Specialist lawyer for Employment Law
2003 Doctoral degree on a theme of social insurance law limitation within the EU, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster
2001 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2000 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
1996 Research Assistant, chair for employment law and social law, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster
1996 First state examination, Münster
1991 Commencement of legal studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster

Career

Since 2011 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 Partner, KLEINER Rechtsanwälte
2001 – 2006 Associate, KLEINER Rechtsanwälte
1998 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf and San Francisco
1996 Research Assistant, chair for employment law and social law, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster

Education

2004 Specialist lawyer for Employment Law
2003 Doctoral degree on a theme of social insurance law limitation within the EU, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster
2001 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2000 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
1996 Research Assistant, chair for employment law and social law, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster
1996 First state examination, Münster
1991 Commencement of legal studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster

Publications

DHV keine Gewerkschaft – Tarifverträge unwirksam, in: Health&Care Management, 11/2021

Memberships & Associations

Münsterische Sozialrechtsvereiningung
Interessenverband Deutscher Zeitarbeitsunternehmen – iGZ

Additional languages

English

Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

Featured

Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2025

Best lawyers: Employment Law

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Employment law

JUVE 2024/2025

Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Recommended lawyer for employment

'Outstanding knowledge of temporary employment, legally absolutely professional with a great affinity for the practice.'

Frequently recommended lawyer: Employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Frequently recommended lawyer for Employment Law

Leading individual: Labor and employment law

Frequently recommended lawyer for Employment Law

Frequently recommended: Employment

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