Dr. Kerstin Neighbour

Based in Frankfurt, Kerstin Neighbour is a highly respected senior employment lawyer with extensive experience in transactional employment law advice and restructuring projects. As German employment law is rarely black or white, and is typically nuanced and open to interpretation, you need practitioners like Kerstin in your corner that will provide you with sound advice and offer workable solutions. No sitting on the fence, but clear answers to your questions.

Kerstin is known for her solution-oriented advice and her instinct and tact when negotiating a balance of interests and social plans with works councils and their advisors. Among other things, this is why Kerstin's international and domestic clients have placed their appreciation of her work on record by praising her "pragmatic and sensible advice" (Legal 500 EMEA) as well as her "ability to get to the point quickly and balance risk and reward effectively" (Chambers Europe).

Kerstin also heads our Frankfurt office and our global employment practice group, the latter with over 120 lawyers in Europe, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. She is co-editor and co-author of the standard reference on employment law "Beck'sches Formularbuch Arbeitsrecht" (C.H. Beck, 4th edition, 2022) as well as co-author of the legal handbooks "M&A Agreements in Germany" (C.H. Beck, 2nd edition, 2020) and "Rechtshandbuch Industrie 4.0 und Internet of Things" (C.H. Beck, 2nd edition, 2020).

Kerstin read law in Münster and worked as a scientific assistant in the Employment Law Department of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Her doctorate thesis deals with specific legal aspects of employee leasing.