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German Citizenship and Immigration

Business in GermanyEmployment Law GermanyGerman Citizenship and ImmigrationGerman Labor LawGerman Tax LawPosting Skilled Workers to GermanyStarting Business

How to Lawfully Post Skilled Workers to Germany

Experts in Global Mobility, Visas and Residence Law in Germany The German law boutique SE Legal specialises in cross-border employee assignments and secondments to Germany. The firm's legal experts have many years of practical experience with everything non-German expats and their family members need. The SE Global Business Mobility lawyers can assist specifically in the following areas: Secondment of third-country (ie. non-EU) nationals to Germany, particularly from the UK and from the USA Assignments of…
Bernhard Schmeilzl
August 20, 2026
Business in GermanyEmployment Law GermanyGerman Citizenship and ImmigrationStarting or Expanding Business

Guide for UK Offshore Wind Contractors in Germany

Workforce, German Visa and AÜG Compliance | Checklist for UK Businesses Guest Article by Martin Halfmann, LL.M. | Employment Lawyer at Schlun & Elseven Germany's offshore wind buildout in the North Sea and Baltic Sea depends heavily on specialist contractors, and UK companies - turbine installers, cable-laying specialists, and marine crewing agencies among them - are regularly engaged on German projects. Offshore work brings an additional layer of complexity on top of the immigration and…
SE Legal
August 14, 2026
Criminal LawGerman Citizenship and Immigration

Illegally Crossing the English Channel on German Boats

Germany has tightened Criminal Code to curb human trafficking into the UK The German "Aufenthaltsgesetz" (Residence Act) of 2004 makes it a criminal offense to assist a person to illegally enter or to illegally remain in a European Union or Schengen Member State (there are four countries, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, that are in the Schengen area but are not EU Member States). The details of what exactly is punishable are quite complicated, see…
Bernhard Schmeilzl
August 14, 2026
Business in GermanyFamily LawGerman Citizenship and Immigration

Could You Be Entitled to German Citizenship?

A Guide for British Citizens with German Ancestry For many British citizens, the loss of EU freedom of movement after Brexit has prompted a closer look at family histories. If you have German ancestry, you might be among thousands of Britons who could reclaim German citizenship - and with it, full rights across the European Union. The path to German citizenship by descent has become significantly more accessible since June 2024, when Germany fundamentally reformed…
SE Legal
February 21, 2026