Focal Points
Occupational pension plans
Deferred compensation
Works constitution law
Collective employment law
Malte Schürmann is counsel at Littler in Hamburg who works primarily in the field of company pension schemes and works constitution law. In his work, he sees many analogies to his personal passion, music. Just like in every good song, sometimes you need loud tones or a fast beat, at other times you need to set a quieter tone or a slower tempo. In doing so, his attention is always focused on the individual case, the client, their ideas and a solution in line with their interests.
Languages: German, English
Career
Certified Employment Law Specialist since 2024
Certified expert for company pension schemes (BRBZ e.V.), 2020
Attorney at Heidelberg Holst & Partner
Legal Adviser at a Hamburg eCommerce company
Education
Second state examination in law in Hamburg
Legal internship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg
First state examination in law in Hanover
Studied law at the University of Hamburg and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK (Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law)
Publications
Co-Author, Germany Chapter, The Littler International Guide
Author, Beck'sches Mandatshandbuch Due Diligence, https://www.beck-shop.de/becksches-mandatshandbuch-due-diligence/product/32350836, § 19 Recht der Altersvorsorge, III.-V. (S. 461 – 482), 4., aktualisierte Auflage, 2024, ISBN 978 3 406 77301 3, Verlag: C.H.BECK.
Articles and entries
Blogpost
Employer subsidy for deferred compensation
April 2022
- Malte Schürmann
As of 01.01.2022 at the latest, employers are generally subject to the statutory obligation to provide a subsidy for deferred compensation. Exceptions are only possible through collective bargaining agreements.
Blogpost
Labor law in the coalition agreement
December 2021
- Malte Schürmann
Legalize cannabis, free contraceptives, climate protection and digital development anyway. But does the Alliance for Freedom, Justice and Sustainability also dare to make more progress in labor law?