René Döring
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by René Döring
Practice Areas
René is both an employment and pension specialist with huge experience in restructurings and M&A transactions. He has a specific focus on occupational pensions and regularly advises employers and IORPs in this respect. Apart from this, René has a proven track-record in employment and pensions related litigation.
Career
From 2001 onwards, René worked as a lawyer at a renowned international law firm (Magic Circle), since 2010 as partner. At his former firm he used to be National Practice Group Head for the employment team. He joined Linklaters as a Partner in 2021.
Professional Memberships
He is an inter alia member of the employment lawyer working group in the German lawyers’ association (DAV), of the Eberbacher Kreis and lecturer for occupational pensions at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences.
Publications
Co-author of several pension and employment handbooks.
Chambers Review
Europe
René Döring advises on employment aspects of cross-border acquisitions and restructuring mandates, including the connected establishment of management incentive programmes and the transfer of pension liabilities and CTA plan assets.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He replies very promptly and meets the deadline. His advice is very competent, solid and usable – he takes into account practicality, making it easy to do things."
"He replies very promptly and meets the deadline. His advice is very competent, solid and usable – he takes into account practicality, making it easy to do things."