Benjamin Jahn
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), certified specialist in employment law, Partner
“Expert in company pension schemes; thorough and practical work results; practical solutions.”
Client, Legal 500, 2025Dr. Benjamin Jahn is Co-Head of the Employment & Pensions practice of Noerr. He was also responsible for the employment law department of an international medium-sized company as in-house counsel and worked as a member of the supervisory board of a company in the field of digital electronic services and receiver technology. Dr. Benjamin Jahn advises on the employment law aspects of M&A and private equity transactions, transformation processes as well as on company pension schemes. He regularly speaks at events on various employment law issues.
Projects
- OWH SE i.L
Advising on conceptual design and implementation of a pension buy-out incl. the establishment and structuring of a Contractual Trust Arrangement (CTA) - Giesecke+Devrient GmbH
Advising on the establishment and structuring of a star-shaped and group-wide Contractual Trust Arrangement (CTA) - AURELIUS
Advising on the acquisition of J. Weck GmbH & Co. KG and Weck Glaswerk GmbH - Cisalfa
Advising on the acquisition of the insolvent SportScheck Group GmbH - Fresenius Medical Care
Advising on far-reaching corporate reorganisation; Labour law focus: Renegotiation of operational structure issues, spin-off of pension obligations and reorganisation of company pensions. Structuring of operations; election procedure for co-determination on the supervisory board - KATHREIN
Advising on the sale of its mobile networks antenna business (around 4,000 employees worldwide) to Ericsson (2018/2019) - NORD Holding
Advising on the acquisition of EWERK group as well as on the acquisition of HG Medical - Emeram
Advising on an investment in ]init[ - KKR
Advising on the acquisition of Tele München, Universum Film, I&U and Wiedemann & Berg Film - Bregal
Advising on various transactions, for example the acquisitions of RelineEurope and trendtours - Kaufland
Advising on acquisition of Real shops from SCP/x-bricks - Schwarz Group
Advising on acquisition of the waste disposal and recycling group Tönsmeier - Royal Cosun
Advising on the acquisition of Pfanni OHG and strategic partnership with Unilever incl. the transfer of company pension obligations and negotiations with Unilever on the security of company pensions - Condor
Advising on the restructuring and design of a contractual trust arrangement (CTA) to secure company pension obligations - KPS Capital Partners
Advising on the acquisition of Norsk Hydro's aluminium rolling business
Distinctions
- Awarded in the category "Legal 500 Ranking 2025"
Legal 500 - Awarded in the category "Germany's Best Lawyers 2025"
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2025
My insights
Career
Legal studies at the University of Augsburg
Internship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
With Noerr since January 2013
April 2016 until June 2017 additionally Senior Legal Counsel (Syndikusrechtsanwalt) at Giesecke+Devrient GmbH
July 2020 until June 2023 Member of the supervisory board at KATHREIN SE
Memberships
- aba - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für betriebliche Altersversorgung e.V. (working community for company pensions) and member of the expert committee for digitalization
Publications
- Standard template documents for company pensions
Beck'sche Online-Formulare Vertrag, Krauß/Weise (Hrsg.) - A way out of the cost trap - What options are there for employers to save costs in company pension schemes
Personalmagazin Booklet 4, 2021 - No forfeiture of claims despite late assertion that replacement of a pension scheme was invalid
EWiR 2021, 249 - Transfer of company pension claims to Company Pension Protection Fund (PSV) in event of a company split-up
EWiR 2021, 123 - Exclusion of employer’s duty to adjust benefits in company pension schemes
EWiR 2020, 445 - Partial termination of works agreements
DB 2021, 1271 - Invalidity of 10-year minimum marriage duration clause in T&Cs
BetrAV 2019, 660 - Exclusion of pension scheme for occupational pension provision by age clause objectively justified
EWiR 2022, 186
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