Quentin Kunst

Attorney

About me

As a lawyer, I advise companies and employees on employment law and tax law as well as related fields of law – regularly in an international context.

 

Employment law

 

In employment law, I support my clients in all labor law matters in individual and collective labor law and represent them in and out of court.

 

In individual labor law, this includes the following areas of expertise:

 

  • Dismissals and other personnel measures (e.g. warnings, transfers)
  • Termination agreements
  • Employment contracts
  • Conduct of proceedings before the labor court and the state labor court
  • Modern forms of work (remote work, home office) in Germany and abroad
  • Company transfers / restructuring / social plans / volunteer programs
  • Company pension
  • Salary and remuneration (salary, continued pay in case of illness, holiday pay, bonus, employee participation programs, …)
  • Temporary employment / temporary work

 

In the area of collective labor law, I provide advice in particular on the following topics of labor-management relations law:

 

  • Dealing with the participation and co-determination of the works council
  • Drafting and reviewing shop agreements
  • Training
  • Operational changes
  • Collective bargaining agreements

 

Tax law

 

In the area of tax law, I provide advice on complex legal and structural issues, in particular:

 

  • International tax law, taking into account applicable double taxation agreements (DTA)
  • Succession planning, corporate planning
  • Inheritance tax
  • Immigration and emigration (Foreign Tax Law)
  • Value added tax
  • Land transfer tax
  • Income tax
  • Self-reports (criminal tax law)
  • Disputes with the tax office
  • Proceedings before the tax courts

 

I advise you comprehensively on the various options for sensible tax planning or tax optimization.

Vita

  • Admission to the bar, 2022
  • Legal internship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe with stations at an international commercial law firm in Düsseldorf and at the Freiburg tax office
  • Study of law in Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-University) and Beijing (Tsinghua University, 清华大学) with funding from the Baden-Württemberg Scholarship
  • Year abroad in England (Windsor)

Awards and honours

  • Handelsblatt “Germany’s best law firms” in labour law, since 2024

Memberships

  • German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. – DAV)
  • Freiburg Bar Association (Freiburger Anwaltverein)

Assistant

Ana Simijonova
Legal assistant