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Dr. Christian Ostermaier

Attorney
Certified labor law attorney
Certified commercial and corporate law attorney
Solicitor (England and Wales)
Partner

Specialists area

Labour law, corporate law

Expertise

Dr. Christian Ostermaier provides advice to companies of any size, mostly medium-sized companies, as well as their shareholders in respect of all issues of company law, particularly including cases of corporate transactions, and labor law, amongst others works constitutional issues such as the concluding of company agreements. Moreover, Dr. Ostermaier provides advice to senior executives, managing directors and management board members. He has vast experience in the fields of biotechnology, software, trade and insurance.

Dr. Ostermaier studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. After his post-graduate traineeship at the Munich Local Court, he worked with an international law firm first, and then with the law firm of a major auditing company, before he joined SNP Schlawien.

Christian Ostermaier is cited as a frequently recommended lawyer in JUVE German Commercial Law Firms and recommended in the Law Firm Monitor of the German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers in the field of employment law. He is also continuously listed in the rankings "The Best Lawyers in Germany" in the sections Labor and Employment Law as well as corporate law and in "Germany's best lawyers" by the Handelsblatt in the sections Labor and Employment Law as well as corporate law.

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Admission

Attorney 1998
Certified labor law attorney
Certified commercial and corporate law attorney
Solicitor (England and Wales)
Partner

Languages

German, English

Publications

  • Ostermaier, Christian: Keine Geschäftsführerhaftung für Zahlung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns. Commentary on BAG, judgement of 30.03.2023 - 8 AZR 120/22, in: GWR 2023, 332
  • Ostermaier, Christian: Brexit means Brexit for British Limiteds, in: GWR 24/2021, p. 451
  • Ostermaier, Christian: No commencement of limitation of severance payment claims before clarification of the effectiveness of the exclusion, in: GWR 19/2021, p. 368
  • Ostermaier, Christian; Liebers, Hendrik: Problematik des Bezugsrechtsausschlusses in börsennotierten AGs vor dem Hintergrund potenziell konfligierender Regelungen in der neuen EU-Prospektverordnung und im deutschen AktG und seine Lösung, in: Corporate Finance, Heft 11-12/2019, S. 309-312
  • Ostermaier, Christian: Widerruf eines arbeitsrechtlichen Aufhebungsvertrages ist nicht zulässig. Kommentar zu BAG, Urteil vom 07.02.2019, 6 AZR 75/18, in: GWR, 19/2019, S. 350
  • Ostermaier, Christian; Vogt, Sylvia; Vogt, Wilhelm: Gesellschaftsrecht: Die richtige Unternehmensform finden, Regensburg, 2017
  • Ostermaier, Christian; Lentföhr, Christian; Vogt, Sylvia: Arbeitsrecht - Rechte und Pflichten für Führungskräfte und Personalverantwortliche, Regensburg, 2017
  • Comment on the decision of BGH, April 19, 2016, II ZR 123/15, in GWR 14/2016, 293 regarding § 181 BGB, § 126 I, § 161 II HGB, § 35 I 1, § 46 Nr. 5, § 49 II GmbhG
  • Zulässigkeit einer sachgrundlosen Verlängerung der Sachgrundbefristung, in Fachanwalt Arbeitsrecht 2/2015, 34 (together with Katrin Zehrer)
  • Comment on the decision of LAG Düsseldorf, september 26, 2013, 5 Sa 530/13, in EWiR 2014, 127, regarding sec. 17 comma 2, 3, sec. 134 BGB, sec. 125 comma 1 InsO, 98/59/EG comma 3 RL
  • Comment on the decision of OLG Hamburg, march 22, 2013, 11 U 27/12, in GWR 2013, 361, zu § 46 Nr. 5 GmbHG, § 4 S. 1 KSchG
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, july 18, 2012, 7 AZR 451/11, in GWR 23/2012, 542, zu TzBfG § 14 II 2; AÜG (a.F.) §§ 1 I 1, 1 III Nr. 2, 9 Nr. 1, 10 I 1
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, december 15, 2011, 7 ABR 56/10, in GWR 11/2012, 255, zu DrittelbG §§ 1 I Nr. 1 S. 2, 2 I, 11 I, II 1 Nr. 3, II 2; AktG §§ 16 I, 17 I, II, 18 I 1 3
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, july 7, 2011, 2 AZR 355/10, in GWR 1/2012, 23, zu GG Art. 5 I; BGB §§ 241 II, 626 I; RL 2000/78/EG Art. 1, 2; SGB IX § 85; SGB X § 43 I
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, March 15, 2011, 0 AZB 32/10, in GWR 16/2011, 395, zu ArbGG §§ 2 I Nr. 3 lit. b, 5 I 3; BGB §§ 623, 242
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, December 14, 2010, 9 AZR 631/09, in EWiR 2011, 459, zu § 3 EFZG
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, October 27, 2010, 7 ABR 85/09, in GWR 7/2011, 173, zu BetrVG §§ 54, 58 I 1, 130; AktG §§ 16 I, 17, 18 I; ArbGG § 83 III; ZPO § 256 I
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, April 22, 2010, 6 AZR 948/08, in EWiR 2010, 683, zu § 17 KSchG
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, April 21, 2010, 4 AZR 768/08, in GWR 18/2010, 463, zu BGB § 613a I; BetrVG § 87 I Nr. 10; TVG § 4 III, V
  • Comment on the decision of OLG Stuttgart, March 31, 2010, 14 U 20/09, in GWR 11/2010, 273, zu § 707 BGB; § 256 ZPO
  • Comment on the decision of OLG München, September 9, 2009, 7 U 1997/09, in EWiR 2010, 197, zu § 22 Abs. 1 Satz 1, Abs. 2, § 21 Abs. 1, § 39 Abs. 3 WpHG
  • Das Arbeitszeugnis in der Zwangsvollstreckung, in Fachanwalt Arbeitsrecht 10/2009
  • Comment on the decision of BGH, November 26, 2007, II ZA 14/06, in EWiR 2008, 535, zu § 9 Abs. 2, 11 GmbHG a.F.
  • Comment on the decision of BAG, May 31, 2007, in EWiR 2008, 201, zu § 613a BGB, § 1 Abs. 3 Satz 1 KSchG
  • Der Arbeitsvertrag - Ein Leitfaden für Unternehmer und Angestellte der Multimedia-, Internet-, IT- und Medienindustrie, HighText Verlag, 2007
  • EDV und Arbeitsrecht (IT and labor law), WEKA, 2006
  • Der Freie-Mitarbeiter-Vertrag - Ein Leitfaden für Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer (freelance contracts), HighText Verlag, 2006
  • Die Gründung von Gesellschaften durch den Erwerb von Vorrats- und Mantelgesellschaften (company formation through acquisition of shelf and shell corporations), in Heussen/Korff/Weber/Schröder, Unternehmerhandbuch (guide to entrepreneurship), C. H. Beck, 2005, 226 – 244
  • EDV-Recht von A – Z (A-Z of IT Law) – Das Nachschlagewerk für den IT-Profi (Reference for IT professionals), Editor: Schröder, WEKA, 2004 (co-author)

Member of

  • Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (DAV) (German Association of Attorneys)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • German-British Jurists' Association
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internationaler Rechtsverkehr im Deutschen Anwaltverein e.V. (Workgroup for International Operations and Transactions – German Association of Attorneys)
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im Deutschen Anwaltverein e.V. (Workgroup for Labor Law – German Association of Attorneys)
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht im Deutschen Anwaltverein e.V. (Workgroup for Commercial and Corporate Law – German Association of Attorneys)
  • Venture Capital Club e.V.