Gerlind Wisskirchen is a partner and specialist lawyer in labor and employment law. Her strength in advising corporates lies in her in-depth understanding of the economic environment in which clients operate and her precise, straight-forward advice. She and her team strive to forge workable and strategic business solutions to real-world problems so that clients can achieve their business objectives. Gerlind Wisskirchen advises multinational corporations particularly on the issues of restructuring, on national and international labor issues and compliance aspects. She frequently acts as a business partner and consultant to the management of a company in order to structure business plans and strategies from an HR/employment perspective.

In a global arena where national jurisdictions play a lesser role and where companies have to meet global challenges, she has particular expertise in cross-border aspects and heads corresponding European projects such as cross-border transfer, reorganizations of businesses (outsourcing, off-shoring), issues of compliance, cross-border audits and compliance and internal investigations with regard to compliance issues, company co-determination, matrix structures of multinational companies, European works councils, the implementation of codes of conduct and whistleblowing systems, the assignment/relocation of employees, data privacy issues and holistic production systems (Toyota business system). She developed the "EU Labor & Employment Law Navigator" – a comparative analysis of labor and employment law systems in Europe.

Gerlind Wisskirchen has been a frequent moderator and panelist at national and international conferences on international HR legal issues and cross-border labor and employment law issues, such as the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Employment Law Council. She is a lecturer at the leading European business school, Cranfield University, UK, for its MBA program in International Human Resources Management. She has published numerous articles in German and English.




Mark Schneider focuses his nationwide practice on representing management in all phases of labor law and labor relations before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Mark has been a lecturer on labor law for the Graduate School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has taught labor law for the State Bar of Wisconsin. He also has conducted seminars for trade associations and private industries. He currently serves as co-chair of Littler Mendelson's International Labor Relations Practice Group and is a member of the National Lateral Recruiting Committee.

Mark speaks nationally for employer groups and trade organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management, the Food Marketing Institute, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Prior to joining Littler Mendelson in February 2004, Mark was a partner at another firm, where he concentrated his practice in the areas of labor and employment law. In law school, he was a contributing member of the Marquette Law Review.