Sonja Riedemann advises national and international companies on all matters relating to collective and individual employment law. Her particular expertise are the IT and real estate industries. She also supports companies in drafting and negotiating service contracts for managing directors, board members as well as for interim managers.
Sonja advises companies from the UK and US, many from the tech, media and comms industry, when entering the market, in the expansion of staff, and for all HR structures and processes in Germany.
Sonja qualified as a lawyer in 2004 and has been a specialist in employment law since 2009. She worked with well-known law firms in Düsseldorf and London before joining Osborne Clarke in 2006. She acquired a Master of Law in Labour Law (LL.M.) in the 2001/2002 academic year after studying at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) where she acquired additional international expertise.
Sonja regularly publishes and holds talks about employment law topics including webinars for the Quadriga University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. She publishes and lectures regularly about employment law topics and is co-author of the “Handbuch Organverträge” [Handbook for Executive Contracts] (Schmidt/Holthausen, beck-Verlag).
SPiNE
Osborne Clarke has advised the CleanTech start-up SPiNE on its recently completed Pre-Seed financing round of EUR 1.5 million. Read more.
Octane Group
Osborne Clarke has advised the Canadian Octane Group on the acquisition of Aesculap AG's stake in Reutlingen-based TETEC Tissue Engineering Technologies AG on an interdisciplinary basis, read more.
Endeit Capital
Osborne Clarke has advised Endeit Capital as lead investor in the Series B financing round of software start-up Sastrify, read more.
Bandai Namco Europe
Osborne Clarke advises Bandai Namco Europe on acquisition of majority stake in games developer Limbic Entertainment, read more
LivEye
Osborne Clarke advises video surveillance specialist LivEye on owner buy-out by NORD Holding Small Cap, read more
erlich textil
Osborne Clarke advises erlich textil on sale to CALIDA GROUP
Onit
Osborne Clarke advises Onit on acquisition of BusyLamp, read more
LevlUp
Osborne Clarke advises shareholders of LevlUp on the sale to Glanbia, read more
Receeve
Osborne Clarke advises Receeve on USD 7 million financing round, read more
build a rocket
Osborne Clarke advises build a rocket on its sale to SPORTFIVE, read more
Hepster
Osborne Clarke advises Hepster on USD 10 Million Series A funding round, read more
Headup
Osborne Clarke advises Headup on sale to Thunderful Group, read more
fitvia
Osborne Clarke advises fitvia on sale to Dermapharm, read more
Capnamic Ventures
Osborne Clarke advises Capnamic Ventures on investment in Statice, read more
gridscale
Osborne Clarke advises gridscale on EUR 7m financing round, read more
CeleraOne
Osborne Clarke advises CeleraOne on sale to Axel Springer, read more
Capnamic Ventures
Osborne Clarke has advised Capnamic Ventures on EUR 3m investment in Aifora, read more
Goodix Technology
Osborne Clarke advised Goodix Technology on acquisition of Commsolid, read more
Raine Ventures
Advised Raine Ventures on investment in Dojo Madness, read more
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