Dr. Eckard Schwarz
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, German
-
Overview
-
Experience
-
Credentials
-
Insights and events
Chambers Europe"He has a very warm personality and makes you feel very secure that he's going to take care of whatever issues you have."
German employment law is said to be a complex, ever changing area, but if understood and used wisely, its rules can offer a wide range of chances for employers. Eckard Schwarz is an advisor who navigates you through your toughest legal issues by understanding your business and creating workable solutions. He brings over 25 years of knowledge and experience, anticipating and helping international and domestic clients to solve their cutting-edge employment law challenges.
Eckard focuses on company reorganizations and restructurings as well as employment law aspects of transactions, where he offers efficient support from start to finish, i.e. from the strategic planning of a project to its full and final implementation. He is valued for his ability to combine profound legal advice with a client centric and innovative approach. When it comes to negotiations with works councils and their advisors, you can trust Eckard to deliver clear and pragmatic solutions that get the job done, while protecting your brand reputation and employee relations.
His clients praise Eckard as a "knowledgeable, creative and service-oriented" advisor (JUVE) who "comes up with strategies that lead to success" (Legal 500 EMEA). Leading German business magazines like Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche as well as renowned legal directories like Best Lawyers or JUVE usually rate him in the highest categories.
Eckard is "Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht" (Specialist for employment law) and heads our employment law department at our Hamburg office. He is co-editor of as well as contributor to the German standard reference on employment law "Beck'sches Formularbuch Arbeitsrecht", which is one of the most regarded books on employment issues in Germany.
Chambers Europe"He has a very warm personality and makes you feel very secure that he's going to take care of whatever issues you have."
Representative experience
Credentials
- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Specialist for employment law
- University of Hamburg
- University of Freiburg
- American University Washington College of Law