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Düsseldorf

Dr. Sebastian Rombey

Associate
sebastian.rombey@freshfields.com
Düsseldorf: 0211 49790 449
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About

Sebastian specializes in a wide range of complex matters related to collective and individual employment law, with a particular focus on employee data protection. 

His daily work includes providing strategic and hands-on advice on restructuring scenarios, internal investigations, and data privacy compliance. He also specializes in whistleblowing matters and exit strategies for managing directors. Sebastian has extensive experience with litigation in civil and labor courts, but also with out-of-court negotiations. He regularly defends clients against unjustified employee damage claims and participates in works councils disputes dealing with contentious co-determination rights. 

Sebastian frequently publishes his thoughts in legal handbooks and law journals. 

He speaks German and English.

 

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Data privacy and cyber security
Employment, incentives and pensions
Investigations
Restructuring

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Education

  • Law degree from the University of Bonn as a Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes scholar
  • PhD in Law (Dr iur) from the University of Bonn as a Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung scholar, awared with the dissertation prize for employment matters
  • Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, including work for the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Berlin and a prestigious labor law boutique in Cologne. 

Academic position

  • Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) for labor regulation at EBS Law School 

Legal profession 

  • Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), Germany 

Dr. Sebastian Rombey

Associate
sebastian.rombey@freshfields.com

T 0211 49790 449

Düsseldorf Office

Feldmühleplatz 1

Düsseldorf 40545
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