Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Dr. Kerstin Neighbour
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, German
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Chambers EuropeKerstin Neighbour (…) is valued for her ability to "get to the point quickly and balance risk and reward effectively".
Kerstin Neighbour is a distinguished senior employment lawyer with extensive experience, particularly in restructuring projects and transactional employment law. She is highly regarded for her solution-oriented advice and her tactful approach to negotiating reconciliations of interests and social plans with works councils and their advisors. Given the complex nature of German employment law, having a practitioner like Kerstin ensures that clients receive reliable guidance and practical solutions – eliminating ambiguity and providing straightforward answers to questions.
In addition to her legal expertise, Kerstin uses her extensive international network to advise and coordinate international employment law projects, such as staff reductions and the implementation of global policies. Kerstin's exceptional negotiation skills, balanced perspective and pragmatic approach are crucial to the success of such projects. Notably, Kerstin also served as Office Managing Partner for several years, heading the Frankfurt office of our firm. Furthermore, from 2019 to 2024, she led our global employment practice group, comprising over 120 attorneys across Europe, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.
Legal 500 EMEAClients praise Kerstin Neighbour, who is "cool and determined" and "fast acting and beyond reproach when it comes to her job".
Representative experience
Advising a multinational conglomerate in all individual and collective employment law matters (including M&A projects, restructurings, outsourcing projects etc.).
Advising Daimler on the employment aspects of a joint venture with BMW combining their global mobility services.
Advising Labcorp on the employment aspects of its US$1.2 bn acquisition of UK-based Chiltern.
Advising a major global IT services and consulting company on the divestiture of one of its German businesses to a private equity investor.
Advising several companies of the metal industry on restructurings, including relocations of the production abroad.
Advising Airplane Equipment & Services A.E.S. GmbH on the acquisition of aviationscouts GmbH.
Advising NordLB on the sale of an aircraft financing portfolio worth €1.67bn to Deutsche Bank.
Advising Commerzbank AG on the acquisition of a minority stake in NIXDORF Kapital AG.
Advising DIF Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in ruhrfibre.
Advising Mitsubishi Corporation Group on the labour law aspects of the sale of all shares in MCE Bank to Santander Consumer Bank.
Advising Go1 on the acquisition of Blinks Labs GmbH.
Advising LetterOne on the labour law aspects of the transfer of Wintershall Dea's non-Russian upstream business to Harbour Energy plc for $11.2bn.
Credentials
Education
- Dr. iur., University of Münster, 2002
- Second State Exam in Law, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2002
- First State Exam in Law, University of Münster, 1998
Memberships
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im DAV