Alexander Schlicht
Counsel, Certified Specialist for Employment Law, Germany
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.
Nani Verladetechnik
Osborne Clarke has advised on the sale of the manufacturer of loading and lifting technology, Nani Verladetechnik, to Esidock, a global provider of loading systems. Read more.
Likeminded
Osborne Clarke has advised the mental health start-up Likeminded on its merger with nilo.health. The merger creates the new market leader for corporate mental health applications in the DACH region. Read more.
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
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.
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.
eCapital
Osborne Clarke advises eCAPITAL on investment in Ferroelectric Memory Company, read more
Verve
Advised Verve on acquisition of matchinguu, read more
