Birgit Vogt-Majarek
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Band 4 : Employment
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About
Provided by Birgit Vogt-Majarek
Practice Areas
Birgit Vogt-Majarek is one of the founding partners at SCHIMA MAYER STARLINGER Attorneys at Law (short sms.law). For over ten years she has been jointly heading the employment practice, in fact one of the biggest in Austria, together with Georg Schima. Birgit advises and represents domestic and foreign, private as well as public companies in all issues of individual and collective employment law, as well as in corporate law and administrative law. Additionally, she advises executives from the preparation of the contract to its termination. Furthermore, Birgit has strong expertise in corporate restructurings, industrial constitution law, cross-border staff assignment, compliance, working time law as well as data protection.
Birgit is a board member of Ius laboris, a unique international alliance of specialised employment law firms (www.iuslaboris.com), whose only Austrian member sms.law is. Due to this longstanding partnership Birgit has great expertise in cross-border employment law cases and constantly cooperates with international groups of companies or supports them with their market entrance in Austria.
Publications
She is a sought-after author and lecturer on various employment law and HR-related topics in scientific magazines and other media; most recently she has been publishing on working time laws, discrimination and internal investigations.
Chambers Review
Europe
Birgit Vogt-Majarek moves up in the rankings on the back of continued excellent client feedback and activity levels. She assists Austrian and international clients with matters including restructurings, remuneration and company pension schemes and terminations. She frequently represents employers in connected litigation. She joined Burgstaller & Preyer from SCHIMA MAYER STARLINGER in October 2024.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek does her job with passion, has a great deal of expertise in various peripheral areas, and with her you are in good hands as a client."
"She makes a lot of time for clients and is also available and supportive in emergencies."
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek is high-quality and we are highly satisfied."
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek is always a pleasure to work with."
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek does her job with passion, has a great deal of expertise in various peripheral areas, and with her you are in good hands as a client."
"She makes a lot of time for clients and is also available and supportive in emergencies."
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek is high-quality and we are highly satisfied."
"Birgit Vogt-Majarek is always a pleasure to work with."
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