Dr. Christian Rolf National Partner MAIN OFFICE: Frankfurt Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP An der Welle 4 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main T +49 69 79302 151 F +49 69 79302 222

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Dr. Christian Rolf is a national partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Frankfurt. Dr. Rolf advises companies on acquisitions, redundancies, restructurings, reorganization of businesses in connection with labor law and social security issues. He also advises on transfer of businesses, employee pension issues, employee participation programs and share option plans. Dr. Rolf is also a member of the Frankfurt Compliance Group where he is specialized in HR compliance, data privacy and employment related aspects of internal investigations. Additionally, Dr. Rolf assists senior executives with employment contracts and matters related to compensation. Dr. Rolf, in particular, specializes in handling negotiations with works councils and trade unions.

Dr. Rolf is a member of the Frankfurt Bar Association and a member of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee of the AmCham Germany.

Prior to joining Willkie, Dr. Rolf was a local partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf in Frankfurt. He began his professional career in 2000 practicing in the labor law group of Gleiss Lutz and later gained significant international experience while working in Gleiss’ Shanghai office and while pursuing secondments with Herbert Smith in London and Stibbe in Brussels and Amsterdam.

Dr. Rolf’s significant matters include advising on the acquisition of:

• Eschenbach Group by Barclays Private Equity
  
  
• Various companies and enterprises with respect to restructuring redundancies and transfer of businesses
  
  
• Accel Instruments by Varian Medical Systems
  
  
• The Paper Chemicals Business of Lanxess by Kermira
  
  
• Celanese AG by Blackstone
  
  
• Klöckner & Co. by LGB
  
  
• PRA International in the acquisition of Pharmacon
  
  
• Sintex Industries in the acquisition and restructuring of Geiger technik
  
  
• Red Fuel Cards in the acquisition and restructuring of the fuel card business from LOMO
  
  
• Sate of North Rhine Westphalia in the restructuring of its public service real estate division
  
  
• A leading U.S. manufacturer of medical devices on the HR and pension implications of a transfer of business

Dr. Rolf’s publications include:

• Foreign Companies and German Codetermination Issues," published in the Festschrift for Prof. Löwisch (with Gerhard Röder, March 2007)
  
  
• Various writings for Lexis Nexis in the field of employment law (since 2006)
  
  
• "Google, Facebook & Co as data source for Companies in the recruitment process?"; published in Recht der Datenverarbeitung, pages 263-267 (with Michael Roetting, 2009)
  
  
• "Remuneration of Board Members under the revised German Stock Corporation Act as new challenge for the Supervisory Board", published in Board Report, pages 43-46 (2010)
  
  
• "May the Remuneration of an Companionship’s Board Member only be decided by the Plenum of the Supervisory Board?", will be published soon in Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (with Andreas Hautkappe and Stephanie Schmidt-Ehemann)
  
  
• Redundancies during Short Term Work Periods, published in Betriebs-Berater; pages 1597-1599 (with Jochen Riechwald, 2010)
  
  
• Several remarks on employment law court rulings