Dr Paul Alexander Tophof is a Senior Associate in our Berlin office and a member of Noerr's Employment & Pensions practice group and M&A practice group. He advises national and international clients on all matters of individual and collective employment law. One focus of his advice is in particular on the (strategic) reorganisation and restructuring of companies, including the support of related negotiations with works councils and trade unions. He also specialises in advising on the employment law aspects of M&A transactions and in the area of company pension schemes. Dr Tophof regularly publishes on labour law topics and is visiting lecturer for employment law at Ruhr University Bochum.

Projects

  • Alstom
    Advice on employment matters in the transfer of the Görlitz industrial site to KNDS
  • Oventrop
    Advice on comprehensive restructuring
  • Schwarz Group
    Advice on company pension matters in connection with the acquisition of paper mill Maxau from Stora Enso
  • Giesecke+Devrient
    Advice on the development and implementation of a contractual trust arrangement (CTA)
  • Fresenius Medical Care
    Advice on employment matters in connection with the deconsolidation of Fresenius SE
  • Omnicom
    Advice on employment matters of the acquisition of Garbarz group
  • VR Equitypartner
    Advice on employment matters of the divestiture of Groneweg Group to Thrive Foods/Mubadala Investment
  • 3i Group
    Advice on employment matters of the acquisition of coolback group
  • Exact Group
    Advice on employment matters of the acquisition of weclapp
  • Omnicom
    Advice on employment matters of the acquisition of OSK group

Career

Studied law at the Heidelberg University and the Ruhr University Bochum
Research associate at the Chair for Civil Law, German and European Employment Law and Social Law at the Ruhr University Bochum
Doctorate at Ruhr University Bochum
Legal clerkship with stages at the Federal Ministry for Justice and Consumer Protection and international law firms in Düsseldorf and Hamburg
Experience as lawyer in a law firm
At Noerr since 2021
Visiting lecturer for employment law at Ruhr University Bochum sind 2025
Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers

Memberships

  • European Employment Lawyers Association

Publications

  • Keine Sittenwidrigkeit einer Ruhegeldvereinbarung allein wegen überdurchschnittlicher Bezüge - auch beim Vorstand eines gemeinnützigen Vereins - Anmerkung zu ArbG Paderborn, Urteil vom 12.10.2023
    juris-PR-Compl 1/2024, Anm. 3 (gemeinsam mit Daniel Happ)
  • Arbeitsvertragliche Auswirkungen unterschriebener Protokolle
    ZMV 2023, pp. 182-185 (with Caroline Frank)
  • Grundzüge des Mitbestimmungsrechts bei Versetzungen nach MVG-EKD und MAVO
    ZMV 2022, pp. 242-245 (with Lennard Dute)
  • Grenzen des Beschäftigtendatenschutzes bei internen Ermittlungen
    ZMV 2022, pp. 122-126
  • Das Zusammenwirken von Arbeits- und Sozialrecht bei ruhendem Arbeitsverhältnis wegen langfristiger Erkrankung
    JURA 2022, pp. 454-460 (with Dr. Paul Veit)
  • Darlegungs- und Beweislast des Arbeitgebers für schuldhafte Pflichtverletzung des Arbeitnehmers – Anmerkung zu LArbG Rostock, Urteil vom 20.04.2021
    juris-PR-Compl 5/2021, Anm. 4 (with Daniel Happ)
  • Folgen einer Quarantäneanordnung während bewilligten Urlaubs
    NZA 2021, pp. 601-605 (with Dr. Hauke Hein)
  • Die Rechtsnatur der Auftraggeberhaftung – Einordnung des § 14 AEntG und § 13 MiLoG in das System der Bürgenhaftung
    Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2019
  • Die Kündigung durch den Betriebsrat
    NZA 2017, pp. 1242-1246 (with Dr. Tim Husemann)
  • Politische Betätigung der Mitarbeitenden einer kirchlichen Einrichtung
    ZMV 2017, pp. 126-129 (with Prof. Dr. Jacob Joussen)
  • Grenzen der Mitbestimmung bei Videoüberwachung am Arbeitsplatz
    ZMV 2017, pp. 62-64

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