IPBA 2021

Björn Otto

Partner
CMS

Dr. Björn Otto is a certified employment lawyer and partner of international law firm CMS.  A main focus of Björn’s practice is on outsourcing and restructuring as well as privatization.  As Co-Head of the firm’s cluster of excellence “Restructuring and Insolvency”, Björn has particular expertise in regards to (national and international) boardroom codetermination, matrix structures of multinationals, implementation of (cloud-based) IT systems (including data protection aspects), insolvency specific employment law, European and SE (Societas Europaea) Works Council issues and cross-border reorganization projects.

Björn is based in Cologne, Germany, and a vice-chair of the IPBA’s Employment & Immigration Committee as well as a member of the IBA, the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA) and the Labor Law Group of the German Bar Association.