Philipp Wollert Senior Associate

Qualification

Lawyer, LL.B. (Köln/ Paris 1), Maître en droit

Areas of expertise

• Employment and HR

Special sector knowledge

• Technology
• Transport & logistics
• Industrials
• Energy, infrastructure & environment

Languages

• German
• English
• French

Brief biography

• Since 2021 Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars)
• 2019 - 2021 Traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne
• 2017 - 2021 Research assistant and doctoral student at the University of Cologne with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Barbara Dauner-Lieb, doctorate on a comparative law topic in labour law  
• 2010 - 2016 Studied law at the Universities of Cologne and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne within the framework of the German-French study programme

Profile

Dr. Philipp Wollert joined Forvis Mazars' Cologne office in 2021 in the employment law practice group. He advises national and international clients on individual and collective labour law and represents them in and out of court. His expertise also includes project-related advice on reorganizations, restructurings and transactions. Due to his qualification in French law, he is part of the French Desk at Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars) and advises our French-speaking clients on all employment law issues.

Participation in professional bodies of the profession and other functions

• Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (German Bar Association)
• German-French Lawyers Association e.V.
• DFM Alumni e.V.
• Lawyers of German and French Law e.V.

Publications

• Entgrenzte Tätigkeit und ständige Erreichbarkeit im Mobile Office- Das französische droit à la déconnexion als Vorbild für Deutschland?, in: Schriftenreihe der Deutsch-Französischen Juristenvereinigung, Nomos, 2022