{"id":2520,"date":"2026-06-09T12:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de.w020f1b1.kasserver.com\/lawyers\/dr-rainer-thum\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:49:35","slug":"dr-rainer-thum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/lawyers\/dr-rainer-thum\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Rainer Thum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30%;padding-bottom:30%;background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395727-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum_live-2047-1-scaled.webp&apos;);background-position:71% 0%;background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding 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Thum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyer, Partner \u2013 Specialist lawyer for employment and labour law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3fdf1b46 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c6aab7f7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-mail-square.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" style=\"width:40px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-mail-square.png 508w, 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data-type=\"tel\" data-id=\"tel:+496991501530\">+49 69 9150153 \u2013 0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-69c5c5dd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c6aab7f7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-linkedin-square.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" style=\"width:40px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-linkedin-square.png 508w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-linkedin-square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-linkedin-square-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-accent-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-rainer-thum-a43273a1\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized single-profile\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2777\" style=\"width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8.webp 2500w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395730-HR-SW-Rainer_Thum-1769-8-2048x2048.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-38f5319b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admitted as lawyer in 2003, special qualification in Employment Law. After working for some time at Prof Hromadka\u2019s university chair, Rainer Thum joined the international commercial law firm Noerr in Munich and Frankfurt and later Shearman &amp; Sterling. Subsequently, he headed the Employment Law and Employment Department of Honeywell Deutschland Holding, then returned to legal practice as a partner in Stockum. He moved to maat to establish our Frankfurt office.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rainer Thum advises medium-sized and major companies on all individual and collective Employment Law issues, in particular mergers and takeovers, restructuring, plant closures and mass dismissals. He regularly conducts the relevant negotiations with works councils and trade unions. He also specialises in occupational pensions, employee data protection and Employment Law of new media. Dr. Thum acts for many international companies and groups in connection with employment in Germany, as well as service agreements for members of corporate bodies, the introduction of bonus and remuneration systems with international reference and the employment of foreign workers in Germany. The business magazine <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Der-goldene-Handkantenschlag_WW-Artikel.pdf\">Wirtschaftswoche<\/a> ranked him in 2020 and most recently in 2021 among the most renowned lawyers for Employment Law in Germany. Likewise, following a ranking system conducted by the business magazine Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers he was added to the list of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/unternehmen\/dienstleister\/best-lawyers-ranking-das-sind-die-besten-anwaelte-und-kanzleien-deutschlands-2021\/26967810.html\">Germany\u00b4s Best Lawyers 2021<\/a>\u201d for Employment Law. He regularly lectures and publishes on academic issues.<br\/>      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-6\">Mr. L\u00e4mpe is an expert in representing and advising on occupational pension issues with many years of litigation experience.<br\/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-8f77a024 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/lawyers\/\">All lawyers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rainer Thum Lawyer, Partner \u2013 Specialist lawyer for employment and labour law thum@maat-rechtsanwaelte.de +49 69 9150153 \u2013 0 LinkedIn Admitted as lawyer in 2003, special qualification in Employment Law. After working for some time at Prof Hromadka\u2019s university chair, Rainer Thum joined the international commercial law firm Noerr in Munich and Frankfurt and later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2455,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2800,"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2520\/revisions\/2800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maat-rechtsanwaelte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}