Verena Braeckeler-Kogel, MAES (Basel)

  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel
  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel

  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel is a proven labor law expert with specialization in banking/financial services and has an excellent understanding of decision-making processes in companies. She always find the right words in difficult situations and also towards the works councils

    Legal 500

  • Very pleasant to deal with and very knowledgeable, calm and an experienced team player who knows the market and responds quickly.

    Chambers

  • Highly competent expert with a strong understanding of internal processes and the feasibility of her recommendations.

    JUVE

Partner
braeckeler@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 221 47 67 10-0
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Verena Braeckeler-Kogel’s legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. She has particular experience in advising national and international clients in the fields of restructuring including collective redundancies, plant closures and relocations as well as transfer of undertakings. Another focus of her work is the advice on labor law questions in the bank and financial service sector where she has expertise in drafting and implementing remuneration strategies and plans against the background of regulatory requirements.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Düsseldorf and Cologne

  • Career

    1995-2000
    Study of Law at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

    2000-2001
    Master of Advanced European Studies (MAES) at the University Basle, Switzerland

    2001-2003
    Compulsory legal training in Düsseldorf and Sydney, Australia

    2004
    Admission to the German Bar

    2004-2011
    Associate at Simmons & Simmons, Dusseldorf

    2007
    Secondment as Legal Counsel at US insurer Genworth Financial

    2010
    Certified labor and employment law specialist

    2011-2017
    Partner at Simmons & Simmons, Düsseldorf, Head of the German Practice Group Labor Law of Simmons & Simmons since 2013

    2018
    Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Dusseldorf

    2020
    Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Cologne

  • Publications

    Mutterschutz und Elternzeit – eine Herausforderung für Personaler?, Human Resources Manager

    Unternehmen müssen auf den Brexit reagieren – jetzt, Manager Magazin

    Home Office – Auch Flexibilität braucht Regeln, Human Resources Manager

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  • Awards / Activities

    • Listed by Best Lawyers since 2015 as one of the recommended employment law specialists in Germany
    • Listed by Best Lawyers as one of the recommended employment law specialists in Germany since 2016
    • Listed by Legal 500 since 2018
    • Listed by Chambers since 2013
    • Listed by Who’s Who Legal
    • Member of the labor law working group in the German Lawyer Association, in the European Employment Lawyers Association and in the German Labour Court Association

Letzte Beiträge

13. December 2022

From Nuremberg to Bologna? The FLC on cross-border transfers

How flexible do workers need to be in the international and globalised environment in which they work? Under certain conditions, they must even be prepared to [...]

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27. June 2022

Back to the digital stone age: need for change for ALL employment contracts!

Back to the digital stone age: need for change for ALL employment contracts! In Germany, the so-called Verification Act has existed since 1995. [...]

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22. October 2021

No entitlement to the expression of regret in a job reference

An employee whose performance has been assessed as “good” in the final reference is not entitled to an expression of regret about their departure and certainly [...]

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Verena Braeckeler-Kogel, MAES (Basel)

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

Verena Braeckeler-Kogel’s legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. She has particular experience in advising national and international clients in the fields of restructuring including collective redundancies, plant closures and relocations as well as transfer of undertakings. Another focus of her work is the advice on labor law questions in the bank and financial service sector where she has expertise in drafting and implementing remuneration strategies and plans against the background of regulatory requirements.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Düsseldorf and Cologne

Verena Braeckeler-Kogel

  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel is a proven labor law expert with specialization in banking/financial services and has an excellent understanding of decision-making processes in companies. She always find the right words in difficult situations and also towards the works councils

    Legal 500

  • Very pleasant to deal with and very knowledgeable, calm and an experienced team player who knows the market and responds quickly.

    Chambers

  • Highly competent expert with a strong understanding of internal processes and the feasibility of her recommendations.

    JUVE

Career

1995-2000
Study of Law at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

2000-2001
Master of Advanced European Studies (MAES) at the University Basle, Switzerland

2001-2003
Compulsory legal training in Düsseldorf and Sydney, Australia

2004
Admission to the German Bar

2004-2011
Associate at Simmons & Simmons, Dusseldorf

2007
Secondment as Legal Counsel at US insurer Genworth Financial

2010
Certified labor and employment law specialist

2011-2017
Partner at Simmons & Simmons, Düsseldorf, Head of the German Practice Group Labor Law of Simmons & Simmons since 2013

2018
Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Dusseldorf

2020
Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Cologne