Dr. Jan Kern

Jan advises on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, in particular works constitution and collective agreement law.

He supervises companies during restructurings (transfer of operations, personnel adjustments, plant closures, relocations, establishment of transfer companies), and also during reorganisations and in the event of insolvency. Jan regularly represents employers in legal disputes with employees, works and staff councils and trade unions. A particular focus of his practice is employment law advice in the context of company pension schemes and transactions.

CV

Since 2014 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2008 – 2014 Associate, large German law firm

Career

Since 2014 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2008 – 2014 Associate, large German law firm

Education

2009 Doctoral degree on discrimination claims in employment law, Universität Trier

2008 Admitted as a lawyer, Stuttgart

2007 Second state examination, Nürnberg

Publications

Anrechnung von böswillig unterlassenem Erwerb auf Annahmeverzugslohn (with Alexander Kirsch), in: ArbR Aktuell 2023, p. 224 – 227

Zuschüsse auch bei Altverträgen Pflicht, in Health&Care Management Magazin.DE, 03/22, together with Tim Eickmanns

Sozialversicherungsrechtliche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten in "Schultz-Hoff"-Fällen, in: ArbR Aktuell 2010, p. 161 - 164

Abdingbarkeit des Betriebsrentengesetzes für Organmitglieder (with Christian Arnold, Martin Diller), in: GmbHR, p. 281 - 288

AGG-Archiv: Die Schlussbilanz (with Martin Diller, Ricarda Zeh), in: NZA 2009, p. 1386 - 1391

Wechselwirkung zwischen Kurzarbeit und Urlaub (with Jobst-Hubertus Bauer), in: NZA 2009, p. 925 - 929

Professionelle Diskriminierungskläger im Arbeitsrecht, in: Nomosverlag, 2009

Die vergessene Kostenerstattung erster Instanz (with Martin Diller), in: FA 2008, p. 258 - 259

Befristung und Schwangerschaft: neue Spielregeln durch das AGG (with Martin Diller), in: FA 2007, p. 103 - 105

Memberships & Associations

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im DAV

Additional languages

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

Featured

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020, 2021, 2022

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises Staycity on acquisition of Felix Group's aparthotels

Taylor Wessing has advised Irish company Staycity Group on the acquisition of a 74.9% majority stake in Felix Group from denkmalneu GmbH (DMN).

Press release

Dr. Alexander Peinze

Nikoloz Alikhanashvili

Felipe Villena

Sarah Katharina Sylvester

Diana Groß

Dr. Kris Breudel, LL.M. (Aberdeen)

Dr. Jan Kern

Dr. Thorsten Troge

Franziska Ley, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Taylor Wessing advises Insolvency Administrator on the sale of the Veritas Group to HDT Automotive Solutions

The US based supplier HDT Automotive Solutions is acquiring in the course of the insolvency proceedings the German automotive and industrial supplier including the international subsidiaries in Asia, North America and Europe.

Dr. Martin Heidrich, LL.M.

Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Tobias Rhode, LL.B.

Dr. Daniel Graske

Timo Stellpflug

Dr. Jan Kern

Hannes Tutt

Niels Heim

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Steadfast Capital Fund IV on the acquisition of a majority stake in Söhngen Group

Steadfast Capital Fund IV on the acquisition of a majority stake in Söhngen Group. The transaction included both W. Söhngen GmbH based in Taunusstein (Hesse) and Silva GmbH based in Mainhausen (Hesse). The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The majority acquisition aims to support further growth of the Söhngen Group with its internationally recognised brands and premium products in the market for first aid and emergency medical products both organically and through acquisitions. We also advised on the financing of the acquisition.

Press release

Maria Weiers

Ulf Gosejacob

Dr. Marcel Leines

Daniel Mursa, LL.M. (Köln/Paris I)

Johannes Simon, LL.M. (Durham)

Dr. Tim Eickmanns

Dr. Jan Kern

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)