Lawyer profile
Thomas Klaes
Certified specialist in employment law (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht), Cologne
- Checked in the official register of the German Federal Bar (BRAK) on 12 October 2026
- Overall rating 4.8 of 5
, from 307 reviews
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- Online consultation
- offered
- Focus areas
- Employment law (Arbeitsrecht), Protection against dismissal law (Kündigungsschutzrecht), Co-determination and works constitution law (Mitbestimmungs- und Betriebsverfassungsrecht), Maternity protection law (Mutterschutzrecht), Collective agreement law (Tarifvertragsrecht), Kündigung, Abfindung, Kündigungsschutz
- Opening hours
- Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00.
Sources: the firm's website, retrieved on 24 October 2026; Deutsche Anwaltauskunft des Deutschen Anwaltvereins, retrieved on 12 October 2026. Focus areas and opening hours are the lawyer's or firm's own words. Focus areas from the directories' fixed lists have an English label with the German term in brackets; all others stay in German.
Location of the firm
Reviews
4.8 of 5 Overall rating from 307 reviews on 2 platforms. How we calculate the overall rating
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| golocal | 4.9 of 5 | 262 | 12 October 2026 |
| Google (firm) | 4.6 of 5 | 45 | 13 October 2026 |
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Details from the official lawyer register
- Name
- Thomas Klaes
- Professional title
- Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
- Specialist titles
- Certified specialist in employment law (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht)
- Regional bar association
- Köln
- Admitted since
- 29 July 1998
- Firm address
- Merlostr. 2, 50668 Köln
- Phone
- 0221-9730490
- Mobile phone
- 0175-5274387
- Fax
- 0221-97304932
- tklaes@kanzlei-klaes.de
- Identifier in the special electronic lawyer mailbox (beA)
- DE.BRAK.59c05c46-a985-4696-9ff5-7f62bb29caf0.730c
Source: Official lawyer register of the German Federal Bar under section 31 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO). The register is kept in German. We show names and addresses as the register gives them and add an English description to German professional titles.
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