Practice Experience
Oliver Zöll specializes in individual and collective labor and employment law. In particular he advises companies and executives on issues arising in their daily HR work and in connection with social security and works constitution law.

Oliver Zöll also concentrates his labor law practice on issues related to M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, with a special emphasis on problems arising under 
works constitution law and in connection with company pension schemes and business transfers. In addition to providing non-contentious law advice, Oliver Zöll represents clients before labor law courts and civil courts. He regularly publishes articles in legal journals and in newspapers and speaks frequently on topical employment law issues.

Prior to joining White & Case in August 2005, Mr. Zöll worked for the labor law department of a middle-sized law firm in Frankfurt.

Bars & Courts
Labor Lawyer, 2008
Rechtsanwalt, 2005

Education
First State Exam, Humboldt University Berlin, 2002
Diploma of Legal Studies, University of Aberdeen, 1999
Industrial-Business Management Certificate, 1995

Publications
"FAQs regarding the handling of company pensions in transactions (FAQ zur betrieblichen Altersversorgung bei Transaktionen)", AUA, Issue 6, Page 364 et seq., 2008
"Discussion of a court ruling of the Federal Labor Court (BAG) regarding the qualification of severance payments in a partial retirement agreement in an insolvency situation (Urteilsbesprechung des BAG Urteils zu Insolvenzrechtlichen Einordnung einer Abfindung in Altersteilzeitvereinbarung)", BB, Issue 15, Page 788 et seq., 2008
"Interpretation of section 23 Abs. 1 Satz 2 und 3 of the Act against Unfair Dismissal – Ruling of the Federal Labor Court (BAG), dated as of 21.09.2006 (2 AZR 840/05) (Auslegung der Kleinbetriebsklausel § 23 Abs. 1 Satz 2 und 3 KSchG – BAG, Urteil vom 21.09.2006 (2 AZR 840/05))", AuA, Issue 2, Pages 118-119, 2008
Co-author, "Comments on the decision of the Federal Labor Court of September 21, 2006 (Anmerkung zum Urteil des BAG vom 21.09.2006 (2 AZR 840/05)", DB, Pages 694-695, 2007 (with Alexander Insam)
Co-author, "Period of service as managing director eligible for the period of protection against dismissal (Anrechung der Geschäftsführerzeit für Kündigungsschutz (BAG 24.11.2005, gleichzeitig Kommentar zum Urteil des LAG Berlin am 15.02.2006)", AuA, Page 117, 2007(with Frank-Karl
Heuchemer)
Co-author, "Employment and qualification companies – A safe bet for restructurings? (Beschäftigungs- und Qualifizierungsgesellschaften – sichere Umstrukturierung?)", AuA, Pages 389-393, 2006 (with Alexander Insam)
Book review: Ramrath, Ulrich: "Termination of employment contracts (Die Kündigung von Arbeitsverträgen), Berlin, 2006. AuA, Page 693, 2006
Co-author, "Dismissal protection in small companies: Acquired status according to Art. 23 KSchG (German Act against Unfair Dismissal) – Can the exchange of employees reduce the size of a company? (Kündigungsschutz im Kleinbetrieb: Besitzstandsklausel des § 23 Abs. 1 KSchG – Kann der Austausch von Arbeitnehmern die Betriebsgröße verringern?)", DB, Page 1214 et seqq., 2006
Co-author, "No applicability of the German Act against Unfair Dismissal in works with no more than 10 new employees and less than 5.25 old employees (Keine Anwendbarkeit des KSchG in Betrieben mit nicht mehr als 10 Neu-Arbeitnehmern und weniger als 5,25 Alt-Arbeitnehmern)", DB, Pages 726-728, 2006 (with Alexander Insam)
"Duties regarding the notification of employees on a transfer of business (Informationsschreiben entscheidend: Unterrichtungspflichten beim Betriebsübergang)", AuA, Pages 18-21, January 2006

Languages
German, English

Citizenship
Germany