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+49 40 35 52 80-0 +49 174 17 22 14 7 +49 40 35 52 80-80 j.menke@heuking.de
- Employment Law | Labor Law
- Insolvency Law
- Capital Markets
- Sports Law
- Distribution Law
Vita
- Certified Specialist Lawyer in Employment and Labor Law
- Admitted to the bar 2007
- Lecturer, St. John's University, New York
- Lecturer in Sports Law, FernUniversität Hagen
- Lecturer, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung
- Lecturer, Bundesverband der Personalmanager e. V.
- Lecturer, Dt. Anwaltsinstitut Bochum, Frankfurt, Munich
- Born in Hamburg (Germany)1977
- Education and former activities
- Kliemt & Vollstädt, Certified Employment law specialists, Düsseldorf2007-2009
- Legal clerkship with periods at Bird & Bird, Düsseldorf, and German Football League (DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH), Frankfurt / Main2005-2007
- Granting of doctorate, University of Hamburg2005
- Extension studies Sportslaw at Distance teaching university of Hagen2004
- Law studies, University of Hamburg including study visit in Madrid1998-2003
Qualifications/Current topics
Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, LL.M., is a partner, lawyer and specialist lawyer for employment law. Dr. Menke advises national and international companies nationwide on all employment law issues. The focus of his work is on restructuring and corporate transactions (due diligence; Post Merger Integration). He also advises companies, in particular on staff reduction measures, especially in crises/insolvency, as well as in disputes and negotiations with works councils and trade unions.
In addition, Dr. Menke has been advising sports associations and clubs in professional team sports for many years.
Dr. Menke is also a proven author and speaker, for example in the areas of external personnel deployment and restructuring.
Dr. Johan-Michel Menke is recommended by Juve (2024/2025), Legal 500 (Germany/EMEA 2025) and Handelsblatt (2024) in the field of Employment Law. Best Lawyer (2025) recommends Dr. Menke in the field of "Labor and Employment Law". He was named "Top Lawyer Sports Law 2025" by WirtschaftsWoche (2025).
Affiliations
- Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e. V.
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Anglo-German Club e. V.
Dr. Johan-Michel Menke's Distinctions

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025

Leaders League 2024

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024

Best Lawyers 2025

Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024
WiWo Top Anwälte Sportrecht 2024

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024

Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023

Leaders League 2023

Legal 500 Germany 2023
WiWo Top Anwälte Sportrecht 2023

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023

Best Lawyers 2023

Legal 500 EMEA 2022
WiWo Top Anwälte Sportrecht 2022

Legal 500 Germany 2022

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2021/2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
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Best Lawyers 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
WiWo Top Anwälte Arbeitsrecht 2021

JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020

Best Lawyers 2021

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020
WiWo Top Anwalt Arbeitsrecht 2019

Legal 500 EMEA 2019

JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018/2019

JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2017/2018

Legal 500 EMEA 2017

Legal 500 Germany 2017

JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2016/2017
Legal 500 Germany 2019
Selected references
- Aquila Capital, advising on the strategic partnership with Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure
- Availon, advising on the acquisition of the wind energy activities of Voith Industrial Services
- Bader Group, support for the reorganisation
- Buchmann Gesellschaft, comprehensive legal advice on the preparation and implementation of the sale
- Deleplanque and SUET, joint acquisition of the German seed company Strube
- Detlev Louis Motorrad-Vertriebsgesellschaft, support for upstream merger
- German Football Association (DFB), Successful lawsuit before the Lower Saxony Regional Labour Court: Referees are self-employed
- Dr. Dieter Murmann Beteiligungsgesellschaft, advising on the acquisition of the Profilator Group
- EAB/Parcom Deutsche Private Equity, advising on the acquisition of assets of Rudolf Fritz GmbH & Co. KG
- EAE Ewert Ahrensburg Electronic, restructuring successfully completed
- Excelerate Energy, advising on energy law on the signing of an FRSU charter agreement with the German government
- FLOWFRAME, successful acquisition of the Pfeifer Group with the help of legal advice from HEUKING
- Friedrich Behrens AG, Advising on the sale of the business operations
- FSV Zwickau, rescue by averting the opening of insolvency proceedings
- Granville and Baird Capital, advising on the sale of breast prosthesis manufacturer Amoena
- Hamburger Sport-Verein e. V., Advising the Supervisory Board
- Hamburger Sport-Verein e. V., Advice on sports employment law
- Hertha BSC, support of processes for the establishment of a staff committee
- Hertha BSC, Representation at the Labour Court of Berlin
- Hertha BSC, supported by HEUKING in the organizational realignment
- Hertha BSC, advice on short-time work, quarantine and change of coach
- HSV Fußball AG, advice on agreement with former coach Mirko Slomka
- HSV Fußball AG, advising on employment law disputes with Mirko Slomka and former coaching team
- Insolvency administrator Dr. Moritz Sponagel, employment law support for the business of Nordeon Lighting Solutions GmbH
- Insolvency administrator Spiekermann, legal advice on the sale of the WHG Rahn business operations to Klima Becker Gruppe GmbH, which belongs to Peter Gross Bau Holding GmbH
- Kontora, advising on the investment in the oncology research company Indivumed
- Kroschke Group, advising on the acquisition of the business operations of the insolvent fish refiner Hagenah
- LOTTO Hamburg, successful representation in the prevention of strike action
- LOTTO Hamburg, with the support of HEUKING, concluded a comprehensive company collective agreement with ver.di
- Lütze Group, comprehensive legal and tax advice on the sale to Amphenol Corporation
- Mainz 05, decision in principle for fixed-term player contracts in team sports
- Mainz 05, Successful appeal for 1. FSV Mainz 05 e. V. against Heinz Müller
- Mainz 05, Advising 1. FSV Mainz 05 e. V. in the legal dispute against ex-goalkeeper Müller
- Noske-Kaeser, advising on sale to French Engie Axima Group
- Paracelsus Clinic Henstedt-Ulzburg, successful defense against a preliminary injunction of the Marburger Bund against the clinic
- PREMIUM Equity Partners, advising on the acquisition of WEKA Group
- QUNDIS GmbH, consolidation of the previous production sites at the new headquarters in Erfurt
- Rheinmetall, legal advice on the acquisition of drone manufacturer EMT
- Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, support for restructuring in self-administration
- Schön Klinik SE, comprehensive legal advice on the acquisition of imland Kliniken
- Schön Kliniken Rendsburg and Eckernförde, successful conclusion of the social plan negotiations
- SOLID POWER, advising on the acquisition of the business of Ceramic Fuel Cells GmbH
- Sysmex, advising the listed company on two transactions
- University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, averting strike action
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