Isabelle van Sambeck, LLM (University of Edinburgh)

National and international clients turn to Isabelle van Sambeck for representation with all types of individual, collective, and transaction-related employment law matters. She works for clients on cross-border M&A transactions, TUPE transfers of employees, restructuring, reorganization, and company pension law matters. Her experience includes serving clients with respect to cross-border data privacy issues, including in the field of employee data privacy, telecommunication, telemedia, and human resources. 

• Caterpillar Inc. on German labor, benefits, and pension law matters in relation to the bid for all shares in Bucyrus Inc., including the former German mining equipment business from RAG, and the German Orenstein & Koppel business from Terex.
• Benteler Stahl/Rohr GmbH, a subsidiary of Benteler AG, on all German labor, benefits, and pension law matters in connection with the acquisition of Rothrist Rohr AG.
• Fund managed by Avedon Capital Partners on all labor, benefits, and pension law matters in connection with the acquisition of Seebach GmbH.
• Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar subsidiary, on all labor law and company pension matters in connection with the acquisition of Transportation Systems GmbH from General Electric (GE).
• Hewitt Associates on labor law issues in connection with the acquisition of shares in BodeHewitt AG & Co KG from Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB).
• Dahm AG on all employment and pension law matters in connection with the sale of Fliegel Data GmbH and herbert dahm Datensysteme GmbH to CompuGroup.
• JER Real Estate Advisors (UK) LLP on employment and pension law matters in connection with the acquisition of the Marriott Hotel in Munich.
• Deutsche Post AG on employment law issues in connection with the acquisition of all shares in nugg.ad AG predictive behavioral targeting.
• Orthofix International N.V. on all labor, benefits and pension law matters in the acquisition of IMES International Medical Supplies Distribution GmbH from various shareholders in several steps.
• Zuken, Inc. on all employment and benefits law matters in the acquisition of all shares in CIM-TEAM Technische Informatik GmbH and related affiliates.
• NIBC Capital Partners on all labor, benefits, and company pension law matters in connection with the acquisition of the ball bearing manufacturer Gebrüder Reinfurt GmbH & Co. KG.
• Caterpillar Inc. on all labor and company pension law matters in connection with the acquisition of the Mannheim engine builder MWM Holding GmbH from the holding company 3i.
• Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI) on all German labor law and company pension matters in connection with the acquisition of the dispersible polymer powders branch of Celanese Corporation.
• Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI) on all labor and company pension law matters in connection with the sale of its Uniqema branch to Croda International Plc.
• Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI) on all labor and company pension law matters in connection with the sale of its German "Synetix" business to Johnson Matthey plc.
• Archstone on labor law matters in the acquisition of 94% of the shares in DeWAG, and its stock of more than 6,000 flats from Pramerica Real Estate Investors.
• Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG on all labor, benefits, and pension law matters in connection with the sale of a foundry company to CT Casting Technologies GmbH.

Restructuring/Reorganizations

Advised a:

• Chemical group in relation to several acquisitions, its subsequent reorganization/disentanglement (including advice on several co-determination and collective employment law and pension matters including establishment of so-called "Rentnergesellschaften" pensioner companies) and the subsequent sale of certain business segments.
• Textile industry group in connection with its comprehensive restructuring, including advice on envisaged outsourcing of activities abroad and negotiations with the German Pension Guarantee Fund (Pensionssicherungsver-ein), in order to avoid insolvency proceedings.
• Global aluminum company on employment and pension law aspects of reorganization measures, prior to envisaged sale of its automotive structure business.
• Leading international US construction equipment manufacturer on employment law aspects in connection with the sale of its German distribution and service activities of a certain business segment.
• Group in the sports industry on all labor, benefits and pension law matters in connection with the shut down of its entire business in Germany.

Data Privacy

Advised:

• Major global logistics company in relation to telecommunication and telemedia data privacy issues occurring in connection with the development and lodging of an innovative electronic communication product and other related software tools.
• Globally acting pension management company on social data privacy issues (in particular, transfer and use of data).
• Global provider of rail and transit products in relation to employee data protection—especially with regard to data transfers—outside the European Union, and on the implementation of a global Code of Conduct, and similar rules and policies in Germany.