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    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    ADVANT Beiten - Hamburg
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M., Licensed Specialist for Labour Law, Dikigoros
    Partner

    Dr Theofanis Tacou

    ADVANT Beiten - Hamburg
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M., Licensed Specialist for Labour Law, Dikigoros
    Partner

    LANGUAGES

    English / German / Greek

    Practice Areas

    Corporate Criminal Law & Compliance - ESG - Labour Law

    Sectors

    Banking & Finance - Consumer Goods & Services/Retail - Healthcare

    Contacts

    T : +49 40 688745-162

    F : +49 40 688745-9

    Theofanis.Tacou@advant-beiten.com

    Expertise

    Dr Theofanis Tacou is Partner at ADVANT Beiten´s Hamburg Office and member of the practice Labour Law. He advises and represents national and international companies in and out of court in all matters of individual and collective employment law. His practice focuses on works constitution and employee representation law, operational and corporate co-determination, in particular, in connection with reorganizations and restructurings, transfers of business including implementation of reconciliation of interests and social compensation plans as well as negotiations with employee representatives and representation in conciliation committees. He also is specialized in remunera-tion law, in particular for financial institutes, asset managers and securities institutions, as well as providing employment law advice on compliance-related issues.

    Before joining ADVANT Beiten in 2024, Dr Theofanis Tacou worked as a local partner at a European commercial law firm and as a senior manager at a BIG 4 law firm. After studying law, he received his doctorate from the University of Greifswald and was admitted to the bar in 2014. In addition to being admitted to the bar, he is also admitted to the bar in Greece (Dikigoros). Dr Theofanis Tacou has been working as a lecturer in the field of employment law since 2007.

    Awards

    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2025

    Publications

    Publications: 

    Working time recording, yes - modern concept of working time, no
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: Industrieanzeiger, Issue13/2023, p. 18 et seq.

    ESG for companies: Combining sustainability and remuneration
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: Industrieanzeiger, Issue 07/2022, p. 26 et seq.

    Generate benefits: Interlocking overall performance and target agreement
    Dr Theofanis Tacou, Alexander Insam and Martin Hörtz
    in: COMP & BEN, Issue 4, August 2022, p. 12 et seq.

    Keeping an eye on labor law limits
    Dr Theofanis Tacou, Martin Hörtz and Björn Christ
    in: COMP & BEN, Issue 2, April 2022, p. 18 et seq.

    90 days of IVV 4.0 - Initial findings and practical experience (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: COMP & BEN Februar 2022, p. 17 et seq.

    "90 days of IVV 4.0"
    Dr Theofanis Tacou, Philipp Kuhn and Alexander Insam
    in: to-talrewards.de/comp-ben, 26. January 2022

    Sound Compensation: Three good reasons why non-institutions should consider regulatory remuneration requirements when drafting their remuneration policies (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: Labor Law Magazine 03/2019

    Spring can come - (No) pitfalls in the BR election (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: AuA 2018, p. 276 et seq

    Remuneration Ordinance for Institutions 3.0 - Remuneration systems re-modified, (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: BKR 2018, p. 313 et seq

    Heads or tails? - On the individual case (in)fairness of the current supreme court case law on the social security status quo of a (gainful) activity using the example of emergency doctor work, (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: NZS 2015, p. 175 et seq.

    The minimum wage for employees of work and service companies - liability of the client at any price? (e.a.)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: NZA-RR 2014, p. 569 et seq.

    The prohibition of avoidance transactions and the principle of freedom of contract in consumer contract law
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: Nomos Universitäre Schriftenreihe, June 2013

    Modernization in timeshare law - The new regulations on timeshare contracts
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    in: NJOZ 2011, p. 793 et seq.

    Overwork protection under working time law in the EU and Germany: With special consideration of the opt-out option and the case law of the ECJ on on-call duty (Master's thesis)
    Dr Theofanis Tacou
    Saarbrücker Verlag für Rechtswissenschaften 2010

    High level of consumer protection or deceptive packaging? The proposal for a directive on consumer rights
    Theofanis Tacou
    in: ZRP 2009, p. 140 et seq.

    Memberships

    • Member oft he Hanseatic bar association (Hamburg)
    • Member oft he bar association Serres (Greece)
    • Deutsch-Griechische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
    • European Employment Lawyers Association EELA