- 05/08/2025
ESCHE welcomes Dr Rüdiger Linck, former Vice President of the Federal Labour Court, as Of Counsel
Esche Schümann Commichau is strengthening its employment law team with one of the most influential personalities in German employment law: Dr Rüdiger Linck, former Vice President of the Federal Labour Court, will join the firm as Of Counsel on 1 May 2025.
Dr Rüdiger Linck was a judge at the Federal Labour Court for more than 20 years, and has been its Vice President since 2017, and has shaped the development of case law on key topics, in particular remuneration and works constitution law. He was deputy chairman of the 1st Senate and chairman of the 10th and most recently the 5th Senate at the Federal Labour Court, which recently set the course for consulting practice with decisions on the probative value of certificates of incapacity for work and dealing with risks of default of acceptance, among other things. The modernisation of the administration of justice and the digitalisation of court proceedings were also of particular concern to him. In addition, Dr Rüdiger Linck is also helping to shape labour law academically - as co-editor and author of renowned works on employment contract control, remuneration design and protection against dismissal.
‘We are seeing an increasing demand for highly qualified employment law advice, particularly on complex issues relating to remuneration, works constitution law and the enforcement of employer interests in labour court. With Dr Rüdiger Linck, we are gaining an outstanding expert who ideally complements our team in these areas’, says Dr Erwin Salamon, partner at ESCHE. ‘His experience as a supreme court judge coupled with his scientific expertise represents enormous added value for our clients.’
Dr Rüdiger Linck on his move to ESCHE: ‘I am very pleased to be able to contribute my many years of experience in employment law to ESCHE. With its interdisciplinary structure and strong labour law practice, the firm offers excellent opportunities to provide companies with comprehensive advice on complex and future-relevant issues.’
With his move to ESCHE, Dr Rüdiger Linck brings his decades of experience and in-depth expertise in employment law to the firm's commercial law advice. ESCHE is thus consistently continuing the strategic strengthening of its employment law practice and offers clients even deeper expertise in individual and collective employment law. Companies benefit from profound and practice-orientated solutions - from a multidisciplinary unit that takes a holistic view of economic and legal issues. and, with Dr. Rüdiger Linck, from many years of experience in dealing with labour law cases before the Federal Labour Court.