Dr Laura Krings - Lawyer and Certified Specialist Lawyer for Employment Law
Laura Krings is Partner and head of the labour and social security law department in the Legal service line.
Laura has extensive and long-standing experience in advising medium-sized companies and large international corporations. She provides comprehensive advice on individual and collective labour law as well as social security law.
Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Laura worked at renowned large law firms with an international focus.
Fields of expertise
- Litigation in all labour law matters
- Labour law advice and support for M&A transactions
- Restructuring, post-merger advice and personnel reduction
- Advice on social security law
- HR compliance
- Corporate co-determination
- Employee participation models and retention programs
- Employee secondments and third-party deployment
- Labour-management disputes
Memberships
- Munich Bar Association [Rechtsanwaltskammer München]
- BITKOM working group on labour law
- Munich Lawyers Association [Münchener AnwaltVerein e.V.]
Qualifications
- Lawyer
- Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht [Certified Specialist Lawyer for Employment Law]
Latest Articles
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Risk control and minimisation of liability in a tax control framework
Digital solutions for safe compliance in businesses
Tax compliance is more than just a legal obligation – it protects a company and its management from unexpected risks and fines, or even reputational damage. Innovative tools and queries as part of a thoroughly designed TCF can help companies stay on the safe side in the future. In many situations, risks such as bogus self-employment and incentives can be quickly and accurately identified using innovative tools and queries and directly allocated to risk categories to minimize – if not fully mitigate, negative outcomes.
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6 min read
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24 Mar 2025
The ECJ’s judgment on employee participation procedures for German SEs
No making up of negotiations on employee participation when an SE with no employees is activated
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) thwarts the plans laid down in the German government’s coalition agreement to strengthen German corporate code termination. The Societas Europaea (SE) remains attractive, particularly to the mid-market.
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2 min read
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22 Oct 2024
The relevance of an HR compliance management system
HR risk management that is systematic and legally watertight
Legislation and case law have massively increased the importance of having a proper and effective HR compliance management system (HR CMS). If the rules are not complied with, directors, board members and the supervisory board can be directly liable. This liability risk can be avoided by using the right instruments to prevent such infractions. An HR compliance management system (CMS) can help here. We’ll design a customised HR CMS for you and give you assistance with implementing it, or we can audit your existing HR CMS. You’ll gain assurance, be able to identify risks and comply with your statutory duties.
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4 min read
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14 Oct 2024
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