Dr. Sören Kramer

Personal Facts

• Born in 1968 in Gütersloh
• Studies of law at the University of Bielefeld
• First state bar exam 1995
• Member of staff at a Gütersloh based firm of lawyers and notaries
• Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Detmold
• Second state bar exam 1997
• Bar admission 1998
• Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 2001
• With the firm since 2001
• Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (Specialist Lawyer for Labor Law) 2003

Areas of specialization

Labor law

• Employment contracts
• Termination contracts
• Labor-management agreements
• Industrial constitution and codetermination law, including negotiations with works councils and unions
• Judicial and extra-judicial representation in labor law disputes
• Balance of interests and social compensation plans
• Advice and representation regarding company closures and other changes in operations

Corporate law

• Legal relationships of board members and managing directors
• Employment contracts
• Liability of board members and managing directors
• Articles of association
• Commercial and civil law
• General terms and conditions
• Commercial agency law
• Distribution agreements

M&A 

• Due diligence (labor law)
• Labor law support in contract negotiations and draft contracts

Publications

Monographs

• „Störer in Robe" - Die Zurückweisung von Rechtsanwälten und deren zwangsweise Entfernung aus dem Sitzungssaal, Diss. jur., Detmold 2000

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltverein
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im DAV
• Wirtschaftsjunioren der IHK Lippe zu Detmold
• Rechts- und Steuerausschuss der IHK Lippe zu Detmold
• Rotary International