Bernd Günter Partner

Qualification

Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for labor law

Areas of expertise

• Employment and HR
• Compliance & compliance-related areas of law

Special sector knowledge

• Public & social sector
• Energy, infrastructure & environment
• Industrial

Languages

• German
• English

Brief biography

• Since 2024 Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars)
• 2011 - 2023 Becker Büttner Held, Munich, Partner Counsel
• Since 1998 Specialist in labour law
• 1995 - 2010 Lawyer and partner in a Munich employment law firm
• 1992 - 1995 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
• 1986 - 1992 Studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich

Profile

Bernd Günter has been a partner in our Munich office since 2024 and is responsible for the employment law department. He advises and represents our clients on all aspects of individual and collective employment law. He has particular expertise and many years of experience in the labour law structuring and support of M&A and restructuring projects, in issues relating to the use of external staff, the employment relationships of board members, managing directors and other executives, as well as in the area of compliance with labour and social security law.

He has particular industry experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, public sector companies, the chemical industry, SMEs and start-ups.

Participation in professional bodies of the profession and other functions

• Since 2009 Member of the Expert Committee II for Labour Law of the Munich Bar Association 

Publications

• Das neue Nachweisgesetz. Ein Rückschritt im digitalen Wandel (zusammen mit Matthias Meth), in: Berliner Anwaltsblatt 10/2022, S. 369 f.
• Arbeitsrecht, in: Zenke/Schäfer/Brocke (Hrsg.), Corporate Governance, Risikomanagement, Organisation, Compliance für Unternehmer, De Gruyter, Berlin 2020, S. 267 ff.
• Rechtliche Grundlagen beim Betrieb von Schwimmbädern (zusammen mit Janka Schwaibold), in: Stadionwelt Kompendium Schwimmbad 10/2019, S. 84 ff.
• Arbeitsgericht Cottbus: Wo bleiben die Arbeitnehmer bei Neuvergabe des Busverkehrs? in: IR (Infrastrukturrecht) 2017, S. 273 ff.