Alexander helps US headquartered companies with their expansion, scale up or restructure of their businesses across European markets. He is a German qualified lawyer and 'Certified Specialist for Employment Law' (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht).

Alexander counsels in-house lawyers and HR employees of tech-driven companies with topics around HR Regulation and Compliance, including protection of business secrets from an employment perspective, as well as developing and implementing HR solutions around the Future of Work.

As a strategic, hands-on practitioner, Alexander leads restructurings and RIF's, counsels on employee management, as well as internal investigations and all other employment related topics. He has a vast wealth of experience in representing employers in all aspects of employment-related litigation before labour courts.

Alexander has a particular focus within the sectors Tech, Media and Comms, Life Sciences and Healthcare and Retail. Additionally, he has in-depth industry knowledge in ESports employment law. 

Alexander has lived in Zimbabwe during his school, university and legal traineeship and has worked for lawyers in Belfast, Cologne, Istanbul and South Africa. His international approach has evolved naturally, most recently successfully advising our US clients for 18 months from New York.

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

I help our clients with quick and practical solutions for all their international challenges, especially concerning their employment and labour relations.

HESA Solutions (MySchleppApp)

Osborne Clarke has advised HESA Solutions (MySchleppApp) on the sale to hlpy S.p.A., an Italian company in the field of digital roadside assistance, repair and maintenance of vehicles. Read more (in German).

Personalwirtschaft Gastbeitrag

Hannah-Maria Merkle and Alexander Schlicht explain the legal requirements for a reduction in working hours by the employer. Read the article here in the German edition of Personalwirtschaft.

International expansion

Assistance of several US headquartered international companies with their set-up of labour organization in Germany. 

HR Regulation and Compliance & Future of Work

Change of remuneration systems, increasing flexibility of working hours, work location, work environment (hybrid work) and crossing national borders (working from home, working from anywhere, digital nomad, relocation).

Restructuring

Restructuring of a life-science company, of a EU-wide operating FinTech company (Trading platform) and a German-based company in the advertising industry.

DoorDash

Osborne Clarke has advised DoorDash on USD 750 million Series B financing round of rapid delivery firm Flink SE, read more

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FUNKE Mediengruppe

Osborne Clarke berät FUNKE Mediengruppe bei Übernahme von Mehrheit an Musterhaus.net, lesen Sie hier mehr

CoStar Group

Osborne Clarke advises CoStar Group in the acquisition of Emporis GmbH, a global provider of building data. 

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Com2uS

Osborne Clarke advises game developer Com2uS on acquisition of OOTP, read more

Lightspeed

Osborne Clarke advises on the sale of Gastrofix to Lightspeed, read more

Redalpine

Osborne Clarke advises Redalpine on EUR 6 million financing round in lengoo, read more

Brandenburg Kapital

Advising on its investment in ME Energy - Liquid Electricity, a company that develops and sells fast charging points that generate their own electricity independently from the power grid. 

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eCapital

Osborne Clarke advises eCAPITAL on investment in Ferroelectric Memory Company, read more

Verve

Advised Verve on acquisition of matchinguu, read more

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