Jan Henrich
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Dr. Jan Henrich

Associate

Email

jan.henrich@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 69 2648 5863

Offices

Frankfurt

V-CARD
Jan advises international and domestic clients on the full spectrum of German individual and collective employment law, including complex separation proceedings involving senior executives and the negotiation of post-contractual restrictive covenants.

Another particular focus of his work includes the field of pensions, in which he advises on the design, implementation and restructuring of (company) pension schemes, de-risking strategies and their respective implications for M&A transactions.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Deutsche BetriebsRenten Holding (DBR) on various matters in connection with company pension arrangements, including related employment and social security law advice.
  • Various domestic and international clients on de-risking and outsourcing of pension liabilities, including the design of senior part-time (Altersteilzeit) and early retirement arrangements.
  • A leading provider of transfer companies (Transfergesellschaften) on a broad range of employment law and general contract law matters arising from workforce restructurings.
  • A multinational software company on the negotiation and structuring of executive board service agreements and related remuneration arrangements.

Published Work

  • Henrich, J. (2025) ''Neue Vorgaben aus Erfurt zur Berücksichtigung des Diskriminierungsverbots für Teilzeitbeschäftigte bei der Gestaltung von Vorruhestandsverhältnissen''; BB 2025, 2100-2103
  • Henrich, J. (2025) ""BAG: Weitere „Orientierungshilfen“ zur Vergütung (teil-)freigestellter Betriebsratsmitglieder"" – Expertenforum Arbeitsrecht (#EFAR)
  • Henrich, J. (2024) ""B 12 R 9/21 R - Weitere „Orientierungshilfen“ zur Vergütung (teil-)freigestellter Betriebsratsmitglieder''; EFAR
  • Henrich, J. (2022) ""Zwischen Neutralität und Politizität ‒ Zurückhaltungsgebote für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit kommunaler Wahlbeamter""; NVwZ; 371-377
  • Henrich, J. (2022) ""Dimensionen von Sicherheit als abgabenrechtlicher Sondervorteil""; GSZ, 244-249

Qualifications

Admissions

Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2023

Academic

Dr iur., University of Gießen, Germany, 2025

Second German Law Degree, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2023

First German Law Degree, University of Giessen, Germany, 2016

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.