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Marc André Gimmy

Marc André Gimmy

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Marc André is a specialist lawyer for employment law and co-heads the international Practice Group Employment, Pensions & Mobility. He specialises in advising national and international companies, inter alia, on issues concerning collective employment law in the area of the law on labour relations at the workplace and the law concerning collective bargaining, as well as on the planning and implementation of restructuring measures.

He also has special expert experience in advising companies on all matters relating to employment law arising from and in connection with the use of new media in the employment relationship and employee data protection. His clients also include Spanish companies and institutions in Germany.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
Multi-service
Employment
Pensions
Trade secrets

Sectors

Aerospace & defence

CV

Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1999 – 2002 Partner, Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Düsseldorf
1996 – 1999 Manager, Andersen Freihalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf
1993 – 1996 Associate, Bender Zahn Tigges, Düsseldorf
1997 Admitted as a specialist lawyer for employment law, Düsseldorf
1993 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
1993 Second state examination, Stuttgart
1990 First state examination, Konstanz

Career

Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1999 – 2002 Partner, Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Düsseldorf
1996 – 1999 Manager, Andersen Freihalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf
1993 – 1996 Associate, Bender Zahn Tigges, Düsseldorf

Education

1997 Admitted as a specialist lawyer for employment law, Düsseldorf
1993 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
1993 Second state examination, Stuttgart
1990 First state examination, Konstanz

Publications

„EINE RUHIGERE HAND BEI DER GESETZGEBUNG TUT NOT“, in Unternehmensjurist, 12/03/2022

Keine Spur von Routine, Arbeitsrecht Round Table, in: Personalwirtschaft, 10/2021 

Das Tarifeinheitsgesetz muss wohl nachgebessert werden, wird aber bleiben, in: JUVE Rechtsmarkt, 03/2017

Systematischer Praxiskommentar Datenschutzrecht, in § 32 BDSG,  Gierschmann u.a. (Hrsg.), S. 674-719, 2014, gemeinsam mit Franziska Hügel

Kündigungsschutz entgrenzter Arbeitnehmer, NZA 2013, S. 764-769, gemeinsam mit Franziska Hügel

Beck’sches Mandatshandbuch Due Diligence, in: Recht der Altersvorsorge, Beisel u.a. (Hrsg.), 2010, S. 339-364, gemeinsam mit Frauke Biester

Praktische Gestaltung und Umsetzung von Unternehmensreorganisationen aus arbeitsrechtlicher Sicht, Schriftlicher Lehrgang Arbeitsrecht (1.-3. ed.), Lektion 12

Regierungsentwurf zum Beschäftigtendatenschutz, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, 09/2010

Private Internetnutzung am Arbeitsplatz, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, 07/2010

Employee Share Plans: Germany, in: Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook, 2009

Schicksal von Vorstands- und Geschäftsführer-Anstellungsverträgen bei Fusionen öffentlich-rechtlicher Landesbanken, in: Betriebs Berater 2008, p. 2178 – 2182, gemeinsam mit Franziska Hügel

Nutzung des Internets am Arbeitsplatz, in: Deutsche Richterzeitung 2007, p. 327 - 330

Memberships & Associations

Chairman of the Labour Law Committee of the German Federal Lawyers Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer, BRAK)

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fachanwälte für Arbeitsrecht in the DAV

European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)

Fachanwaltsforums Arbeitsrecht (FFA)

Member of the Vorprüfungsausschusses Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht der Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf

Member of the Gesetzgebungsausschusses Arbeitsrecht der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer in Berlin

Board member of the Deutsch–Spanische Juristenvereinigung and has served as its President since 2008

Additional languages

English Spanish

Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

Featured

Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

JUVE 2025/2026

Competent and solution-oriented, competitor

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

Best lawyers: Employment Law

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Employment law

Always up to date with the latest case law and legislative proposals, always very close to practice, reliable and solution-oriented.

Frequently recommended lawyer for employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Recommended lawyer for employment

Frequently recommended lawyer: Employment law

Leading individual: Labor and Employment Law

Frequently recommended lawyer for Employment Law

"super expertise, fast and engaging, very practice-oriented", client; "strong in collective employment law, good strategist", competitor

Leading individual: Labor and employment law

Frequently recommended lawyer for Employment Law

"knowledgable and goal-oriented", competitor

Frequently recommended: Employment

Top Lawyer 2019 for Employment Law in Germany

Experience

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Compagnie de Saint Gobain's acquisition of Kaimann

Saint-Gobain on the acquisition of all the shares of Kaimann GmbH, Hövelhof, one of the leading European manufacturers of elastomeric insulating materials. With this acquisition, the Saint-Gobain Group strengthened its position as market leader and complemented its portfolio of materials and technologies. Taylor Wessing has a long-standing client relationship with Saint-Gobain.

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