• Timon Grau is always accessible and open to suggestions, keeps an eye on the economic aspects, and is very creative and collegial.

    Chambers
  • I would like to mention Timon Grau as an outstanding partner. Excellent cooperation. Great accessibility and efficient feedback.

    Legal 500
  • Timon Grau is smart and friendly.

    Chambers

Partner
grau@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 211 52 87 45-0
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Dr. Timon Grau has around 20 years of professional experience at leading “Magic Circle” law firms. He specializes in advising national and international clients from various sectors on their labor law and strategic challenges. Legal directories such as JUVE, Legal500, and Chambers as well as publications like WirtschaftsWoche and Handelsblatt list Dr. Timon Grau as one of the leading labor law partners in Germany.

In addition to providing labor law support for transactions, outsourcing, carve-outs, and restructurings, Dr. Timon Grau particularly advises on works constitution and collective bargaining law, corporate co-determination and corporate governance, issues related to management boards and managing directors, renumeration systems, occupational pensions, negotiation and litigation, as well as complex reorganizations and separations. He is also an experienced advisor in areas involving employee data protection, compliance, crisis management, and internal investigations. Dr. Timon Grau regularly appears as a speaker and author on labor law and related topics from corporate and data protection law as well as compliance. He is a lecturer for labor law at the Universities of Bayreuth and Siegen, Germany.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Düsseldorf

  • Career

    1997-2006
    Study of Law at the University of Cologne and legal clerkship in Cologne and London; PhD at the University of Cologne on the law of business transfers

    2006
    Admission to the German Bar

    2006
    Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne

    2010
    Certified labor and employment law specialist

    2006-2014
    Associate/Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    2014-2018
    Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt/Main

    2018-2025
    Partner at Linklaters, Dusseldorf

    2025
    Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Dusseldorf

    Languages: German, English

  • Publications

    Complete list of publications

    Hinweisgebersysteme – Umsetzung der europäischen Whistleblower–Richtlinie durch das Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz und arbeitsrechtliche Fragen  , VSSAR Vierteljahresschrift für Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht, 3/2024, S. 217 – 284

    Arbeitsrechtliche Herausforderungen im Fall einer Cyberattacke  , Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel Spezial 2023, S. 21 – 23

    Rechtliche Steuerungsfaktoren für die Vorstandsvergütung , Festschrift für Martin Henssler zum 70. Geburtstag, 2023, S. 879 – 890

    FüPoGII und #Stayonboard: Was bedeutet das in der Praxis?, DB 2022, Beilage 02 zu Heft 22, S. 28 – 30 (gemeinsam mit K. Klaaßen-Kaiser, C. Wilk)

    all publications

Partner
grau@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 211 52 87 45-0

Dr. Timon Grau has around 20 years of professional experience at leading “Magic Circle” law firms. He specializes in advising national and international clients from various sectors on their labor law and strategic challenges. Legal directories such as JUVE, Legal500, and Chambers as well as publications like WirtschaftsWoche and Handelsblatt list Dr. Timon Grau as one of the leading labor law partners in Germany.

In addition to providing labor law support for transactions, outsourcing, carve-outs, and restructurings, Dr. Timon Grau particularly advises on works constitution and collective bargaining law, corporate co-determination and corporate governance, issues related to management boards and managing directors, renumeration systems, occupational pensions, negotiation and litigation, as well as complex reorganizations and separations. He is also an experienced advisor in areas involving employee data protection, compliance, crisis management, and internal investigations. Dr. Timon Grau regularly appears as a speaker and author on labor law and related topics from corporate and data protection law as well as compliance. He is a lecturer for labor law at the Universities of Bayreuth and Siegen, Germany.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Düsseldorf

  • Timon Grau is always accessible and open to suggestions, keeps an eye on the economic aspects, and is very creative and collegial.

    Chambers
  • I would like to mention Timon Grau as an outstanding partner. Excellent cooperation. Great accessibility and efficient feedback.

    Legal 500
  • Timon Grau is smart and friendly.

    Chambers

Career

1997-2006
Study of Law at the University of Cologne and legal clerkship in Cologne and London; PhD at the University of Cologne on the law of business transfers

2006
Admission to the German Bar

2006
Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne

2010
Certified labor and employment law specialist

2006-2014
Associate/Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2014-2018
Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt/Main

2018-2025
Partner at Linklaters, Dusseldorf

2025
Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Dusseldorf

Languages: German, English