Dr. Colin Laws | Lawyers

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Overview

Colin advises national and international companies on all matters of individual and collective employment law. He provides employment law advice on M&A transactions, national and cross-border corporate transformations, as well as restructurings and staff reductions. He also advises on works constitution law, pension matters and on issues relating to management board members and managing directors.

Experience

Allianz Direct: advising on the cross-border merger of iptiQ's digital European property and casualty insurance business.
Audi AG: advising on strategic partnership with UST regarding Italdesign.
Blacklane: advising on the acquisition by Uber.
Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale/TARGO Deutschland Finanzholding Gruppe: advising on (i) the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) and (ii) the completion of the acquisition of Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB).
Nuent Group: advising on the acquisition of multi-com GmbH & Co. KG.
Solvd Group: advising on strategic partnership with HDI Insurance.
SWIAT: advising on the establishment of a European co-operative for the international blockchain initiative RL1.
Uniper: Advising on the sale of the Datteln 4 coal-fired power plant.
Vodafone: advising on the acqusition of Skaylink.
Volkswagen: advising on the sale of a majority stake in Everllence.

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Colin studied law at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Wiesbaden and at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, USA. He also completed a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), a Master of Arts in Business for Legal Professionals (M.A.) and his Doctorate of Law.

He has been practicing law at Linklaters since 2024.

He speaks German and English.

Thought Leadership

Rechtsentwicklungen im Arbeitsrecht 2025, Döring/Laws in DB 2025 Beil. 01, S. 73 - 78.
(Kein) kommunalpolitisches Mandat auf Kosten des Arbeitgebers in JuRu 01/2022, S. 53 – 57.
Die Entschädigung für den Verdienstausfall des Arbeitnehmers nach § 56 Abs. 1 Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG) und dessen Erstattung gem. § 56 Abs. 5 IfSG in FA 2020, S. 130 - 137.

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