Jan WesthuesLL.B.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.
(Charles Dickens)
Jan Westhues, LL.B. | Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Jan WesthuesLL.B.

Rechtsanwalt
Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
Licence en droit français et allemand

Languages: German (native language),
French, English 
Locations: Cologne

T +49 (0) 221 139 96 96 0
T +33 (0) 1 81 51 65 58

Grew up in the Ruhr Valley in Germany and has always been a Francophile. This passion and a number of visits to France led to early close friendships with the French. After my studies I was responsible for the German-French study programme at the universities of Bochum and Tours and worked closely with our French partners and students. My practical training focused on German-French relations, with particular emphasis on German labour and company law.

Career

  • 2011 - 2014 Study of national and European business law at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and at Université François-Rabelais in Tours
  • 2014 - 2017 Study of law in Bochum
  • 2014 - 2017 Research assistant and tutor at the Chair for Public Law, especially European Law, International Law and International Business Law at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • 2017 - 2019 Professional training at Bochum District and Regional Court, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Paris and the law firm Epp & Kühl in Cologne and Paris
  • 2019 Admitted to the German Bar as a Rechtsanwalt (German attorney) and joined law firm Qivive (then Epp & Kühl)
  • Since 2023 Specialist lawyer for labor law

Activity

  • Consulting and representation in all fields of German labour law
  • Drafting contracts, individual and collective German labour law
  • Consulting and representation in German corporate law
  • Litigation at all courts in Germany

Publications

French publications
German publications
Our Team

Legal field

Arbitration
Arbitration
Banks
Banks
Claims management
Claims management
Commercial leases / Retail
Commercial leases / Retail
Competition law
Competition law
Construction law
Construction law
Contract law / GTC
Contract law / GTC
Corporate law
Corporate law
Data protection law
Data protection law
Distribution
Distribution
ESG / CSR
ESG / CSR
Industrial Risk
Industrial Risk
Insolvencies / Restructuring
Insolvencies / Restructuring
Labour law
Labour law
Litigation
Litigation
M&A
M&A
Mediation
Mediation
Public procurement law
Public procurement law
Real estate / Estate law
Real estate / Estate law
Renewable energies
Renewable energies
Tax law
Tax law
Trademarks / IP
Trademarks / IP

Location

Lyon
Paris
Köln
Marie-Theres Ahrens
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German and French corporate law and M&A
Anne-Katharina Albrand
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in French collective labor law (strike, social plan) and in French environmental law (ESG / CSR)
Bérénice Alisch
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in German and French contract law (supply contract, sales contract, general terms and conditions, GTC), French competition law and data protection law
Mélanie Allemand
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Authorized translator for German and French with focus on German French business law
Cécile Aragau
Certified translator
Attorney for international arbitration and litigation, in private international law and in French inheritance and real estate law
Edith Aupetit
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Attorney-at-law New York
Lawyer in German and French contract, insolvency and corporate law as well as for litigation before German courts
Dr. Christine Beneke
Rechtsanwältin
Madeleine Bénistan
Avocate au Barreau de Lyon
Attorney at law in German labor law (contract drafting, collective labor law, litigation)
Audrey Bouffil
Rechtsanwältin
Attorney at law in German and French labor law (individual and collective labor law, representation of interests before German and French labor courts)
Anne Brion
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Attorney at law in French corporate law (incorporation, transformation, corporate actions) and in French M&A (mergers & acquisitions)
Anne Briswalter
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
French lawyer in litigation (commercial, financial and IP/IT) and commercial and contract law
Thomas Decara
Avocat au Barreau de Paris
Mediator and lawyer in German and French civil and commercial law, competition and antitrust law as well as German and French contract law (general terms and conditions, sales contracts, supply contracts) and private international law
Gordian Deger
Rechtsanwalt | Mediator
Lawyer in French labour law and social security law, representation before French civil and labour courts
Laurie del Fabbro-Adam
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Bilingual assistant in German and French contract law and debt collection
Sabrina Deloum
Assistant
Mediator and lawyer in German and French corporate law (sale and acquisition of companies) and data protection law
Malaika Diefenbach
Legal Expert | Mediator
Lawyer in German and French civil and commercial law, data protection law as well as cross-border contract law (UN sales law and IP, general terms and conditions, supply contracts, contracts for work and services)
Jeanne Faymonville
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Qivive, Nina Marlen Guichard
Nina Marlen Guichard
Assistant
Margarete Gutkès
Rechtsanwältin
Authorized translator and sworn interpreter for German and French with specialization in legal translations
Nathan Hureau
Certified translator | Generally sworn interpreter
Bilingual assistant in German and French corporate law
Michelle Hüser
Assistant
Marketing | Communication
Sabine Jüttner
Marketing | Communication
Digital Franco-German marketing, brand management, brand development of the Franco-German law firm (design and communication)
Hanna Karkuth
Marketing | Communication
Mathilde Keller
Legal Expert
French-German lawyer in French individual and collective labor law, social law (occupational accidents, occupational disease, URSSAF), litigation before French labor courts
Béatrice-Anne Kintzinger
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Employee in the HR department for all three locations of the German-French law firm (Cologne, Paris, Lyon)
Anja Knoop-Busch
Assistant
Managing Director of the firm and attorney in German and French corporate law and M&A (restructurings, insolvencies, liability issues related to French and German subsidiaries)
Dr. Christophe Kühl
Avocat au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwalt
German-French accountant for all 3 offices of the law firm (Cologne, Paris, Lyon)
Hilka Kühnelt
Accounting
Multilingual assistant in German and French contract law, receptionist at the Cologne office of the law firm as well as telephone consultation in both languages (German and French)
Sarah-Vanessa Kultau
Assistant
French assistant in German contract law in the Cologne office of the law firm
Chloé Lefebvre
Assistant
Attorney-at-law in international arbitration and litigation, Franco-German commercial relations and private international law
Dr. Christiane Lenz
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German contract law (distribution contract, supply contract, GTC), in international private law as well as in the field of German civil and commercial law
Carla Liehr
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in French individual and collective labor law and social security law (litigation before French courts)
Marie Marchi
Avocate au Barreau de Lyon
Lawyer in French procedural law, international and French arbitration, international contract and private law
Dr. Priscilla Merabti
Legal Expert
Lawyer in German labour law (individual and collective labour law), drafting of contracts and litigation
Fabian Neugebauer
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
Caroline Reneaume
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Nina Sadoune
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Assistant to the Managing Director of the German-French law firm, Human Resources and Office Management
Katja Schreiber
Assistant to the managing partner
Bilingual assistant in German and French labour law at the law firm office in Cologne
Franziska Schreitmüller
Assistant
French lawyer in labor law in France (individual and collective)
Julie Spinola
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Translator for German and French and bilingual assistant in the accounting department at the law firm office in Paris
Marie-Anne Taupitz
Assistant
Lawyer for German and French business law (corporate law, acquisition and sale of companies in Germany and France, M&A), advice on German-French trade relations and international construction law
Laure-Amandine Trésarrieu
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German and French labor law (legal representation, recruitment, secondment of employees, employment contracts, collective agreements, restructuring)
Emilie Vienne
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in German labour and corporate law, litigation before all courts in Germany
Jan Westhues
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
Lawyer in French labour and social security law (hiring and firing of executives in France)
Emilie Wider
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Bilingual employee in legal tech and German-French debt collection
Julia Wiemar
Legal Tech | Knowledge Management
Marie-Theres Ahrens
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German and French corporate law and M&A
Anne-Katharina Albrand
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in French collective labor law (strike, social plan) and in French environmental law (ESG / CSR)
Bérénice Alisch
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in German and French contract law (supply contract, sales contract, general terms and conditions, GTC), French competition law and data protection law
Mélanie Allemand
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Authorized translator for German and French with focus on German French business law
Cécile Aragau
Certified translator
Attorney for international arbitration and litigation, in private international law and in French inheritance and real estate law
Edith Aupetit
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Attorney-at-law New York
Lawyer in German and French contract, insolvency and corporate law as well as for litigation before German courts
Dr. Christine Beneke
Rechtsanwältin
Madeleine Bénistan
Avocate au Barreau de Lyon
Attorney at law in German labor law (contract drafting, collective labor law, litigation)
Audrey Bouffil
Rechtsanwältin
Attorney at law in German and French labor law (individual and collective labor law, representation of interests before German and French labor courts)
Anne Brion
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Attorney at law in French corporate law (incorporation, transformation, corporate actions) and in French M&A (mergers & acquisitions)
Anne Briswalter
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
French lawyer in litigation (commercial, financial and IP/IT) and commercial and contract law
Thomas Decara
Avocat au Barreau de Paris
Mediator and lawyer in German and French civil and commercial law, competition and antitrust law as well as German and French contract law (general terms and conditions, sales contracts, supply contracts) and private international law
Gordian Deger
Rechtsanwalt | Mediator
Lawyer in French labour law and social security law, representation before French civil and labour courts
Laurie del Fabbro-Adam
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Bilingual assistant in German and French contract law and debt collection
Sabrina Deloum
Assistant
Mediator and lawyer in German and French corporate law (sale and acquisition of companies) and data protection law
Malaika Diefenbach
Legal Expert | Mediator
Lawyer in German and French civil and commercial law, data protection law as well as cross-border contract law (UN sales law and IP, general terms and conditions, supply contracts, contracts for work and services)
Jeanne Faymonville
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Qivive, Nina Marlen Guichard
Nina Marlen Guichard
Assistant
Margarete Gutkès
Rechtsanwältin
Authorized translator and sworn interpreter for German and French with specialization in legal translations
Nathan Hureau
Certified translator | Generally sworn interpreter
Bilingual assistant in German and French corporate law
Michelle Hüser
Assistant
Marketing | Communication
Sabine Jüttner
Marketing | Communication
Digital Franco-German marketing, brand management, brand development of the Franco-German law firm (design and communication)
Hanna Karkuth
Marketing | Communication
Mathilde Keller
Legal Expert
French-German lawyer in French individual and collective labor law, social law (occupational accidents, occupational disease, URSSAF), litigation before French labor courts
Béatrice-Anne Kintzinger
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Employee in the HR department for all three locations of the German-French law firm (Cologne, Paris, Lyon)
Anja Knoop-Busch
Assistant
Managing Director of the firm and attorney in German and French corporate law and M&A (restructurings, insolvencies, liability issues related to French and German subsidiaries)
Dr. Christophe Kühl
Avocat au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwalt
German-French accountant for all 3 offices of the law firm (Cologne, Paris, Lyon)
Hilka Kühnelt
Accounting
Multilingual assistant in German and French contract law, receptionist at the Cologne office of the law firm as well as telephone consultation in both languages (German and French)
Sarah-Vanessa Kultau
Assistant
French assistant in German contract law in the Cologne office of the law firm
Chloé Lefebvre
Assistant
Attorney-at-law in international arbitration and litigation, Franco-German commercial relations and private international law
Dr. Christiane Lenz
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German contract law (distribution contract, supply contract, GTC), in international private law as well as in the field of German civil and commercial law
Carla Liehr
Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in French individual and collective labor law and social security law (litigation before French courts)
Marie Marchi
Avocate au Barreau de Lyon
Lawyer in French procedural law, international and French arbitration, international contract and private law
Dr. Priscilla Merabti
Legal Expert
Lawyer in German labour law (individual and collective labour law), drafting of contracts and litigation
Fabian Neugebauer
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
Caroline Reneaume
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Nina Sadoune
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Assistant to the Managing Director of the German-French law firm, Human Resources and Office Management
Katja Schreiber
Assistant to the managing partner
Bilingual assistant in German and French labour law at the law firm office in Cologne
Franziska Schreitmüller
Assistant
French lawyer in labor law in France (individual and collective)
Julie Spinola
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Translator for German and French and bilingual assistant in the accounting department at the law firm office in Paris
Marie-Anne Taupitz
Assistant
Lawyer for German and French business law (corporate law, acquisition and sale of companies in Germany and France, M&A), advice on German-French trade relations and international construction law
Laure-Amandine Trésarrieu
Avocate au Barreau de Paris | Rechtsanwältin
Lawyer in German and French labor law (legal representation, recruitment, secondment of employees, employment contracts, collective agreements, restructuring)
Emilie Vienne
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Lawyer in German labour and corporate law, litigation before all courts in Germany
Jan Westhues
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
Lawyer in French labour and social security law (hiring and firing of executives in France)
Emilie Wider
Avocate au Barreau de Paris
Bilingual employee in legal tech and German-French debt collection
Julia Wiemar
Legal Tech | Knowledge Management
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