Claudia Jonath

Featured award

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

Employment - ‘Taylor Wessing provides good counsel at a fair rate. They are very responsive and are able to overcome the challenges presented by different time zones and tight deadlines.'; ‘Claudia Jonath and her team provide excellent and efficient service. We are very pleased with their work product.’; 'The team's candor and deep follow through is second to none. They treat each case as an owner would and it makes all the difference. Plus, as our main clients are in NY, we appreciated how they made an effort to make themselves available at times that worked for us.’

Claudia is the head of Employment law practice in Paris.

Claudia is highly specialized in employment law and social security aspects within national and international restructurings, acquisitions and post deal integrations.

PhD in business law, Claudia is highly specialized in Employees Benefit and Profit sharing Plans, Golden parachutes, and directors' compensations. Claudia has handled complex restructuring of companies on the employment law side, organising notably workers committees meetings and information/consultation process, layout plans and implementation of work time reduction.

CV

Since 2011 Deputy Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 - 2001 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 - 2003 Partner, PwC (ex-Landwell)

Karriere

Since 2011 Deputy Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 - 2001 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 - 2003 Partner, PwC (ex-Landwell)

Ausbildung

1991 Admitted to the bar, Paris

Fremdsprachen

Awards

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

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Experience

Corcentric acquires SaaS platform

Corcentric, a fast-growing provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions, on its USD32m acquisition of Determine, Inc, a global SaaS solutions provider in Source to Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management.

Mark Barron

Gilles Amsallem

Claudia Jonath

Marc Schuler

Christophe Flaicher

Anne-Juliette De Zaluski

Sarah Cole

Ongoing employment law advice

An international car rental company on providing comprehensive employment law advisory in M&A-projects as well as regarding ongoing matters in recruitment and HR management

Sean Nesbitt

Claudia Jonath

Dr. Kilian Friemel

Employment litigation and immigration advice

A large European airline on providing ongoing and comprehensive employment law advice in several European countries, including in contentious matters as well as immigration.

Claudia Jonath

Preparations on ceasing activities in France in light of Brexit

A major Asian bank on its plans to cease its money service activities in France, due to increasing stringent banking regulations and in view of the forthcoming Brexit. Our expertise included advising and guiding the company with respect to economic elements, the implementation of redundancy procedures, and in mitigating the risks of litigation.

Claudia Jonath

Individual and collective labour law advice

A Korean OEM on providing comprehensive employment law advice in Germany and France, also regarding the reformation of a European works council and several workers agreements.

Jörg Bausch

Claudia Jonath