Dr Burkard Göpfert LL.M.
Attorney
Certified Employment Law Specialist Partner
KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht Ludwigstraße 10 80539 Munich T +49 (0) 89 2123103-315 F +49 (0) 89 2123103-333 E burkard.goepfert@kliemt.de
Burkard Göpfert advises primarily on complex transformation, integration and restructuring projects and on the harmonisation of employment conditions. He is the author and (co-)editor of a large number of textbooks on the topics of restructuring and employment law, and a lecturer at Passau University, and for over ten years he has organised the Handelsblatt annual conference on restructuring. Burkard Göpfert is also co-editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht.
Bio
Attorney since 1996
With KLIEMT.HR Lawyers since 2017
Previously practised for international commercial law firms, including heading a law firm in Warsaw; firm’s country representative for China and South-East Asia
Consultancy on a large number of US court proceedings as German co-counsel, including discrimination proceedings (Dresdner Bank) and combating class action claims (Napster)
Professional training in Passau, Geneva, Munich, New York and Berlin
Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Columbia University, New York
Languages
German
English
Memberships
European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Gesellschaft für Umstrukturierung TMA Deutschland e.V.
International Bar Association, Employment Law Section
International Insolvency Institute
References
Führender Partner im Arbeitsrecht (JUVE Handbuch 2016/2017)
„Jahrelange, sehr kollegiale u. kompetente Zusammenarbeit“ (Mandant) (JUVE Handbuch 2016/2017)
„Einer der besten Arbeitsrechtler Deutschlands“ (Wettbewerber) (JUVE Handbuch 2016/2017)