The Law Firm Depel is specialised in labour law and insolvency law.
The Lawyer and Specialist Lawyer in Labour Law Michael Depel was a Partner in numerous highly renowned corporate law firms for more than 25 years. Now, he has founded his own Law Firm and brings the comprehensive wealth of expertise acquired during his former activities to bear here. With more than 3,000 attended to labour court proceedings and, likewise, numerous insolvency law-related consultations, hardly any related area of concern is new to Lawyer Michael Depel.
Michael Depel has also been advising clients from all over the world in Germany for 25 years and has given numerous lectures worldwide in this regard together with the German Chamber of Foreign Trade.
A presiding judge at the Higher Labour Court Berlin-Brandenburg once said about Lawyer Depel: “He does something for the people.”
Exactly this is to be the motto of the Law Firm Depel Labour Law Insolvency Law. Lawyer Michael Depel intends to help the clients in solving the problem and to be available to them as a partner.
All of this with excellent legal expertise.

Michael Depel
Lawyer
Specialist Lawyer in Labour Law
Languages: German, English
Competences
The Law Firm Depel Labour Law and Insolvency Law provides for advice in all fields of labour law.
The focus is on the representation of employers and executives. Sometimes also of workers’ councils and employees.
Within the scope of his more than 25 years of practice, the Lawyer and Specialist Lawyer in Labour Law Michael Depel handled far more than 3,000 labour court proceedings and other labour law cases.
Among them numerous dismissal protection proceedings, mass dismissals, and decision-making procedures. In addition, this also involves numerous recruitments, negotiations of labour agreements, reorganisations, and company acquisitions.
Frequently, it has turned out that seeking an accordingly specialised lawyer’s advice at an early stage is very important in labour law.
Often, a single formal flaw, for example, in the participation of the workers’ council, may result in all further actions no longer being legally effective.
The Lawyer and Specialist Lawyer in Labour Law Michael Depel also published numerous publications in labour law and held associated workshops.
In his entire work, the will to render professionally and personally excellent services to his clients is always in the focus.
Among the core advisory services of the Law Firm Depel is also insolvency law. From the necessity to terminate a multitude of employment relationships for operational reasons arising to clients, frequently also the wish to receive insolvency law-related advice emerged. Resulting therefrom, the Lawyer Depel, in the further process, supported numerous companies in avoiding insolvency proceedings or in the timely initiation of the proceedings while maintaining the legal requirements.
Auch hier gilt, dass eine frühzeitige Hinzuziehung eines Rechtsanwaltes viele Probleme vermeiden kann. Here as well, it holds true that an early consultation of a lawyer can eliminate many problems.
often succeeded in finding an agreement by way of prompt negotiations with the creditors which rendered the avoidance or closure of the insolvency proceedings possible.
Among the companies to be advised in this respect are bakery chains, furniture stores, fitness studio chains, brokers and real estate investors.
Also represented are creditors who need to enforce their claims against insolvent companies.
Lawyer Depel publishes specialist articles on this topic as well, and also regularly continues his specialist upskilling here.
In general, the following applies: “Don’t fear insolvency consultation, and, when required, don’t be afraid of filing for insolvency.”
For 25 years, Lawyer Michael Depel has also advised international clients in German labour law, insolvency law, and other commercial law.
In cooperation with the German Chamber of Foreign Trade, he held related workshops in Ireland, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. And also associated workshops in cooperation with the respective embassies here in Germany.
In transactions, he represented Irish, British, French, Chinese, Arab, and American clients.
The international consultation is a great pleasure to him, and here as well, he is active with great personal engagement.

From left: Alexander, GRUHN -GRUHN Immobilien, Michael Depel, Ahmed Al Harthi Head of the Economic Department of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Joyce Choukri Head of Sales (Europe)- Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, Mustafa Shaker Director Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, Gerhard Meyer CEO Falk Group, at a joint dinner at the International Club Berlin.
What others say about me:
"He's doing something for the people"
"He's doing something for the people"