Christoph Thies studied law at the University of Bielefeld, where he already focused on labour law. After his legal internship in Hamburg with stations at the labour court, the personnel office and a major international law firm in Toronto, Canada, he worked for twelve years at an established labour law boutique in Hamburg. Since joining Schalast at the beginning of 2021, he has advised clients in the Hamburg office on all aspects of labour law, focusing on the insurance, hospital and retail sectors as well as on labour law in the public sector.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Christoph Thies conducts seminars and training courses on labour law, including for the Center for Education and Training of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg (ZAF) or the Kommunales Bildungswerk e.V. He lectures in the specialist lawyer courses for labour law at Juristische Fachseminare.
