Dr Ulrike Rücker

Counsel

Dr Ulrike Rücker advises employers on all questions of individual and collective labour law. She specialises in consultancy on day-to-day business matters, in particular on entering into, structuring, and terminating employment relationships, implementing personnel measures, drafting and negotiating works agreements, and conducting the necessary legal proceedings.

She also advises and represents employers in all matters relating to corporate acquisitions and restructuring (e.g. negotiations on reconciliation of interests and severance schemes, personnel reductions, transfer companies, and outsourcing). Dr Ulrike Rücker has extensive experience in consultancy in the context of establishing and terminating contracts of employment for board members and managing directors as well as in collective bargaining and social security law issues.

Dr Ulrike Rücker was admitted to the bar in 2000 and has specialised in labour law since 2005. She is a member of the Labour Law Working Group of the German Bar Association.

Languages: German, English

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2011: Lawyer and Counsel at Lexton Rechtsanwälte
2004—2011: Lawyer at RöverBrönner Rechtsanwälte in Berlin
2005: Lawyer specialising in labour law
2002—2004: Lawyer at Zirngibl Langwieser Rechtsanwälte in Berlin
2002: (Dr. iur.)
2001—2002: Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Berlin, Labour Law Practice Group
1997—2001: Research assistant at the Chair of Labour, Social, and Civil Law under Prof. Dr Jochem Schmitt, Free University of Berlin
1997—1999: Legal internship in Brandenburg, Neuruppin District Court
1992—1997: Law studies at the Free University of Berlin
1992: Bank clerk, Deutsche Bank Berlin

Contact

uruecker@lexton.de

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Dr. Ulrike Rücker
Counsel