Employment law.Personally led.Augmented by AI.
Senior-level employment law counsel for companies. AI-augmented. Without time-based billing. Deliberately concentrated, structurally built, personally led.
Studio
Curated counsel. Deliberately designed.
Behrendt Legal Studio is a boutique law firm focused exclusively on employment law — founded by Markulf Behrendt after more than two decades of international Big Law practice.
Every matter is handled at senior level. Personally and directly.
Personal counsel
Direct accessibility. Short response times. Through advisors who can focus on what matters.
AI-native structure
AI where it produces efficiency without sacrificing quality. Responsibility remains personal.
No hourly billing
Monthly retainer for ongoing counsel. Engagement units for in-person work. Fully predictable.
Practice
Employment law in concrete situations.
Counsel does not begin with categories — it begins with the specific case. Eight practice areas — structurally clear, substantively open.
Compensation needs to be rethought.
Workforce structures need to change.
A compliance issue emerges.
A conflict escalates.
Approach
An employment law advisory system.
AI-native. Personally led.
Personal counsel, selective use of AI, and a structure built for quality, speed, and predictability.
Behrendt
Big Law.
Deliberately distilled.
More than two decades of employment law counsel for corporations and companies. Head of the German and global employment practice at A&O Shearman. Today in a focused boutique model.
Contact
The first conversation stays personal.
For companies and HR leaders with demanding employment law questions.