Dr. Kerstin Neighbour
Office Managing PartnerFrankfurt

Biography
Kerstin Neighbour is the global head of Hogan Lovells’
highly regarded Employment practice, which includes
more than 120 dedicated employment lawyers inEurope, the United States, Latin America, the Middle
East, and Asia. She is also the first female Office
Managing Partner of our Frankfurt office.
Kerstin Neighbour is a highly regarded senior
employment lawyer with extensive experience intransactional employment law advice and restructuring
projects. In addition to her legal expertise Kerstin isknown for her solution-oriented advice and her tactand sensitivity in negotiating balances of interests andsocial plans with works councils and their advisors. As
German employment law is rarely black and white, butrather nuanced and open to interpretation, you needpractitioners like Kerstin in your corner to provide youwith sound advice and offer workable solutions. No
sitting on the fence, but clear answers to yourquestions.

Representative experience
Advising a multinational conglomerate in all individualand collective employment law matters (including M&Aprojects, restructurings, outsourcing projects etc.).
Advising Ametek Inc. on the acquisition ofDunkermotoren Group, a leading manufacturer ofelectrical drive technology.

Phone+49 69 962 36 358

Fax+49 69 962 36 100

Emailkerstin.neighbour@hoganlovells.com

Languages
EnglishGermanPractices
Employment
Technology Litigation
Insolvency Litigation

Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Consumer
Manufacturing and Industrials
Life Sciences and Health CareAdvising a US private equity investor on the acquisitionof a pharmaceutical business in Germany.
Advising Daimler on the employment aspects of a joint
venture with BMW combining their global mobilityservices.
Advising Alstom on employment law aspects of the
US$17bn sale of the energy business to General
Electric.

Areas of focus
Whistleblowing

Education and admissions
Education

Advising Erste Abwicklungsanstalt on the acquisition ofrisk-based assets and non-strategic business units ofWestLB (book value ca. €71bn.).

Dr. iur., University of Münster, 2002
Second State Exam in Law, North
Rhine-Westphalia, 2002
First State Exam in Law, Universityof Münster, 1998

Advising LabCorp on the employment aspects of its
US$1.2 billion acquisition of UK-based Chiltern.

Memberships

Advising 3M on the employment aspects of its US$1bn
acquisition of the Separations Media business ofPolypore International (a New York stock exchange
traded company).
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.

Awards and rankings
Recommended lawyer for Employment, Legal 500
EMEA, 2016-2020
Listed as one of Germany's "Best Lawyers" forEmployment Law, Best Lawyers, 2013-2020

Latest thinking and events
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises AES on the acquisition ofaviationscouts
NewsArbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht imDAV

Accolades
Clients praise (…) Kerstin
Neighbour, who "understood ourbusiness quickly and gave
pragmatic and sensible advice".

Legal 500 EMEA
Clients praise Kerstin Neighbour,
who is "cool and determined" and"fast acting and beyond reproach
when it comes to her job".

Legal 500 EMEA
Kerstin Neighbour … is valued forher ability to "get to the point
quickly and balance risk and reward
effectively".

Chambers Europe

Global employment law guide
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises Commerzbank AG on theacquisition of a minority stake in NIXDORF Kapital
AGInsights and Analysis
Getting The Deal Through: Automotive andMobility 2023
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises IT Frankfurt GmbH on theacquisition by Collaboration Betters The World
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises VALOREO on transaction
with Razor"Clients praise Kerstin Neighbour
for her 'pragmatism' "Legal 500 Germany, 2017