About
Julia advises on all fields of individual and collective employment law and pensions, with a dedicated focus on complex national and cross‑border M&A transactions as well as employment and pension restructurings/de-risking strategies.
In this context, she advises international and national clients on all aspects of employment matters — from strategic advice, employment due diligences (buy- and sell-side), works council matters to post‑closing matters such as employment integration and harmonization. She also regularly represents clients in works council negotiations, particularly regarding implementation plan and social plan negotiations, and in employment disputes before German labour courts.
As a member of our German and international pensions practice, Julia specializes on advising on complex pension matters in the context of M&A transactions and internal reorganizations. She advises on various pensions and complex CTA matters, including the transfer of CTA funding assets, as well as on global and German pension de‑risking strategies. In this context, Julia has advised various clients — on both the sell‑side and the buy‑side — on German pension buy‑outs and regularly represents clients in pension law disputes before German labour courts.
Julia also advises on whistleblowing matters and internal investigations. In this context, she supported various of our clients with the design and implementation of global and German whistleblowing structures. Julia is an author in the legal commentary Fischer/Pellmann/Schoch on the German Whistleblower Protection Act, where she comments in particular on...
Advice to
- A leading European media group on a group‑wide headcount reduction, including representation in group and local works council negotiations and the subsequent implementation process;
- Vienna Insurance Group on its business combination with NÜRNBERGER Versicherung;
- Cinven on its strategic partnership with Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft;
- AURELIUS on its acquisition of Xylem’s international smart metering business, a cross-border carve-out spanning Europe, the UK, and North Africa, including advanced metering infrastructure, and associated long-term commercial agreements;
- BIOTRONIK Group, a leading global medical technology company on its divesutre of its Vascular Intervention business to Teleflex Incorporated, involving more than 30 jurisdictions and the transfer of more than 1,500 employees;
- VEDRA Pensions on multiple pension buyout projects;
- Sofotec GmbH, a former subsidiary of AstraZeneca, on its pension buy-out;
- A German multinational science and technology company on the spin-off of its German operating activities in its healthcare divisions and on post-employment restructurings;
- A Fortune 500 multinational conglomerate on the employment and pension aspects of its global spin‑off of its healthcare business involving more than 90 jurisdictions and the transfer of more than 20,000 employees worldwide;
- BorgWarner on the employment and pension aspects of its global separation of its fuel systems and aftermarket businesses encompassing an estimated $3.3bn in combined sales, followed by a spin-off into a publicly traded company named PHINIA, involving more than more than 29 jurisdictions and over 15,000 employees worldwide;
- German film production and distribution company on multiple restructurings and headcount reductions, including the representation in works council negotiations
- An international pest-control company operating in approx. 90 jurisdictions on the implementation of global whistleblowing structures;
- An Austrian investment company on employment and pensions matters in the context of the acquisition of a German hospital group;
- Nippon Express on the acquisition of Simon Hegele Group, including subsequent integration matters;
- A Swiss insurance group operating in more than 200 jurisdictions on the implementation of a global whistleblowing structures with a particular focus on the European jurisdictions;
- A leading financial services company operating in more than 30 jurisdictions on the implementation of global whistleblowing structures;
- BNP Paribas on its €5.1bn acquisition of AXA Investment Managers and the subsequent integration process;
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) on its $74bn acquisition of Celgene and the subsequent integration process involving more than 50 jurisdictions worldwide, and on a number of local and international HR legal matters;
- A leading German hospital conglomerate on its merger with another German hospital group;
- A leading IT software provider on the acquisition of globally active companies and the post‑closing harmonization of working conditions worldwide;
- A leading German automobile manufacturer in the context of multiple domestic and international investigations;
- A US‑based teleshopping and e‑commerce company on the implementation of a global restructuring and associated works council matters;
- Aspen Technology, Inc. on the acquisition of inmation Software GmbH, a global software platform developer, based in Cologne, Germany;
- Leggett & Platt on the acquisition of the Pacoma group, one of the world's leading suppliers of hydraulic cylinders;
- One of the world's largest telecommunications companies and an internationally active digitalisation service provider on post-contractual non-compete matters for employees and board members.
Julia Kilp
Maximiliansplatz 13