Implementation of individual life choices

Our demanding clients expect a great deal of flexibility from their lawyers. There will be times when briefs involve very labour-intensive periods. This is why, to us, personal space and time with the family are very important. They alone help us achieve individual balance and revive our interest in and continued enjoyment of our work as lawyers. Taking this into account, we have come up with various options.

Flexible career planning at every stage of your life

At all levels we offer all our lawyers the opportunity to reduce their working hours for family-related or other personal reasons or to make use of services to help them meet their family-related duties. Reducing one’s working hours does, on principle, not affect people’s career prospect even if they are partners. People may reactivate their career and return to full-time employment at any time.

4-day week: more freedom, more flexibility

Is it really possible for a lawyer at a corporate law firm to work part-time? There is no doubt that there are jobs that lend themselves more to part-time work than that of a corporate lawyer. Apart from professional competence, our clients expect their advisers to be flexible when it comes to time management and be available whenever needed. Positive experiences have, however, shown us that, as long as things are organised well and if there is a willingness to accept a degree of autonomy, people can master these challenges together with the firm.

This is why we have introduced the “RITTERSHAUS 4-DAY WEEK”. You reduce the hours you work as a lawyer and agree framework conditions with us that we can all rely on. At our firm, a four-day week is as realistic as spreading your work over five days.
 

PME family service – certified services on call

Lawyers too are affected by the vicissitudes of life. Whatever your family situation, there are bound to be duties, every now and then, that are difficult to combine with a demanding job. Whenever this is the case, we do not want our lawyers to face their difficulties on their own.

Since we as a law firm cannot provide many services ourselves, we have engaged pme familienservice, a professional certified partner that is present at all three company sites. This is where our staff receive independent advice and support concerning issues such as child care, nursing care as well as all household-related services.

Further information on the many services on offer can be found at familienservice.de

Working from home

A lawyer can perform a great deal of his work at home, away from the office. The digital infrastructure of the firm can, theoretically, be used “anywhere in the world” via specially secured access points. In practice, and as long as the modus operandi has been agreed with the team working on the respective brief, this can be arranged without further ado.

Joining forces to find individual solutions

Do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to receive more information on specific topics or if you want to discuss with us an individual solution for your personal circumstances.