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Sophie Burmeister

Sophie Burmeister

Senior Associate

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Sophie is a specialist lawyer for employment law and part of the Employment, Pensions & Mobility practice group. She advises companies with a focus on the healthcare and life sciences sectors on all aspects of individual and collective employment law and has acquired particular expertise in this area.

In addition to supporting corporate transactions, she guides clients through regulatory or economically driven restructuring processes. She offers her clients pragmatic solutions, particularly for sustainable working conditions, employee retention, recruitment of skilled workers, and collective bargaining.

Expertise

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Employment, pensions & mobility
Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Restructuring & insolvency
Immigration & mobility

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2025 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2021 Research Assistant, Herbert Smith Freehills
2025 Specialist lawyer for labor law
2022 Admitted to the Bar
2021 Second State Examination, Giessen
2013 - 2019 Legal studies, University of Giessen

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2025 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2021 Research Assistant, Herbert Smith Freehills

Education

2025 Specialist lawyer for labor law
2022 Admitted to the Bar
2021 Second State Examination, Giessen
2013 - 2019 Legal studies, University of Giessen

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Taylor Wessing advises US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors in the bidding process for Grant Thornton Germany

Provided comprehensive German legal advice to US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors LLC in the bidding process for the audit firm Grant Thornton Germany.

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