Associated Partner
schilder@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 221 47 67 10-0
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Kristina Schilder advises national and international corporations and groups of companies, start-ups, managing directors and senior executives on all matters relating to individual and collective employment law.

A particular focus of her work lies at the intersection of employment law, criminal law and administrative offences law. This includes providing advice on the implementation and optimisation of compliance management systems, assistance with regulatory monitoring and inspection measures and the defence in administrative offence proceedings concerning fines, forfeiture and confiscation, specifically in relation to working time regulations and social legislation relating to road transport. Moreover, Kristina Schilder coordinates and conducts internal investigations, among others in cases of bullying, discrimination and (sexual) harassment.

Kristina Schilder has many years’ experience in corporate restructuring and staff reduction measures, in drafting and negotiating collective agreements with work unions and works council agreements, as well as in litigation. In addition, she advises and represents managing directors and senior executives in contract negotiations and exit situations.

Kristina Schilder is Co-Head of the Practice Group Health, Safety and Working Time Law, Member of the Practice Groups Start-ups and Restructuring, Diversity Representative at PWWL and a member of the Legal Committee of the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW e. V.).

Language skills: German, English
Location: Cologne

Associated Partner
schilder@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 221 47 67 10-0

Kristina Schilder advises national and international corporations and groups of companies, start-ups, managing directors and senior executives on all matters relating to individual and collective employment law.

A particular focus of her work lies at the intersection of employment law, criminal law and administrative offences law. This includes providing advice on the implementation and optimisation of compliance management systems, assistance with regulatory monitoring and inspection measures and the defence in administrative offence proceedings concerning fines, forfeiture and confiscation, specifically in relation to working time regulations and social legislation relating to road transport. Moreover, Kristina Schilder coordinates and conducts internal investigations, among others in cases of bullying, discrimination and (sexual) harassment.

Kristina Schilder has many years’ experience in corporate restructuring and staff reduction measures, in drafting and negotiating collective agreements with work unions and works council agreements, as well as in litigation. In addition, she advises and represents managing directors and senior executives in contract negotiations and exit situations.

Kristina Schilder is Co-Head of the Practice Group Health, Safety and Working Time Law, Member of the Practice Groups Start-ups and Restructuring, Diversity Representative at PWWL and a member of the Legal Committee of the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW e. V.).

Language skills: German, English
Location: Cologne

Career

1993-1998
Study of Law at Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster

1999-2001
Compulsory legal training in Cologne and San Francisco, USA

2001
Admission to the German Bar

2001 – 2004
Lawyer at ARCON Rechtsanwälte Schmidt-Sibeth, Heisse, Weisskopf, Kursawe, Cologne

2004 – 2007
Lawyer and Managing Associate at avocado rechtsanwälte, Cologne

2008
Certified labor and employment law specialist

2008 – 2016
Salary Partner at avocado rechtsanwälte, Cologne

2017-2022
In-house lawyer at kölnmetall Arbeitgeberverband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Köln e. V., Cologne

2022
Counsel at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Cologne

2025
Associated Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Cologne