Our Team
Michael Depel
Lawyer
Specialist Lawyer in Labour Law
Languages: German, English
Nathalie Skulec
Legal Assistant
Languages: German, English
CV Michael Depel
| 1987 - 1992 | Studies of law at the Universität Passau and at the Freie Universität Berlin |
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| 1990 | Assistant of the Deputy Chairman of the Special Committee for Monitoring the Dissolution of the Ministry for State Security |
| 1992 | Referee with the Trust Agency, Division for the Allocation of Assets |
| 1993 - 1995 | Assistant for Corrections with the Chair for Public Law of University Professor Dr. H. Lecheler, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1994 - 1996 | Legal Associate, then Lawyer with the Law Firm Hans Ekkehard Plöger |
| 1996 - 1998 | Lawyer with the Law Firm Dr. Lehmann Brauns, Dr. Mahlo, Michael Braun |
| 1998 - 2004 | Partner with Sozietät Weih |
| 2004 - 2020 | Partner with MELCHERS Rechtsanwälte |
| 2020 - 2022 | Salary Partner with Wollmann & Partner |
| 2022 - 2024 | Partner with Büsing Müffelmann & Theye |
| from 2025 | Lawyer in his own Law Firm |
Membership / Functions
- German Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- German Emirate Joint Council for Industry and Commerce
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- Lions Club Berlin Metropolis
Publications
Articles and annotations to case law
Ordinary termination due to reduced performance
Comments on the BAG Decision of 11 Dec. 2003, 2 AZR 667/02, in: Sammlung Arbeitsrechtlicher Entscheidungen (SAE), Issue 2/2005, p. 83 et seq.
Business dress code - What do the working parties have to consider?
in: Business and Economy 2004, p. 120 et seq.
Termination in insolvency - staff reduction by the insolvency administrator
in: Business and Economy 2004, p. 299 et seq.
Confidentiality obligation of the works council
in: Business and Economy 2004, p. 523 et seq.
The gross insult of the employer's lawyer as an extraordinary reason for termination
in: Business and Economy 2003, p. 920 et seq.
Restrictions on the poaching of employees
in: Business and Economy 2003, p. 1003 et seq.
Books
Immigration and the labor market
Practical Handbook, Nienhaus/Depel/Raif/Renke, C.H. Beck-Verlag, Munich, 2006
Lectures
Investment opportunities in Germany’s Real Estate Market
Lecture at the German Emirate Joint Council for Industry and Commerce in Dubai, 10/2021
Investment opportunities in the Irish real estate market
Initiative and Organization Seminar, Irish Embassy in Berlin, 09/2016
Four stages of acquisition of property in Germany from a legal point of view
Lecture, Chamber of Industry and Commerce Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 05/2015
Management of existing German property portfolios
Lecture, German Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dublin, 04/2010
For stages of acquisition of property from a legal point of view
Lecture, German Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dublin, 02/2008
Legal steps to property ownership in Germany
Lecture, German Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dublin, 01/2006
The new labor law anti-discrimination law and its practical effectsSeminar at the MELCHERS annual conference on labor law, Heidelberg, 03/2005
Lecture, German Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dublin, 01/2006
Employment of workers from the Eastern European EU accession countries
Workshop at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Berlin, 03/2004
What do employers have to bear in mind when dealing with the works council?
Workshop at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Berlin, 11/2003
What others say about me:
"He's doing something for the people"
"He's doing something for the people"