Caroline Risse
Areas of practice
Caroline Risse advises companies on all matters pertaining to individual and collective employment law, including the drafting of contracts, co-determination issues and terminations. She also regularly represents companies before labour and regional labour courts. In addition, Caroline Risse advises her clients on collective bargaining agreements and on legal issues related to industrial action.
Vita
Caroline Risse studied law with a particular emphasis on employment law in Heidelberg (Germany) and Lille (France). After graduating from university, she worked as a research assistant in employment law in the Berlin office of a commercial law firm. Caroline Risse carried out her legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Germany), which included training periods in the Administration of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) and in the employment law department of a German commercial law firm, among others. Caroline Risse was admitted to the German Bar in 2021 and joined Luther the same year. Since 2024, she has additionally been a certified specialist in employment law.
Publications
- Neues aus Erfurt und Brüssel: Kommt das Ende des „Gender-Pay-Gap“?, in: NJW-Spezial (Neue juristische Wochenzeitschrift), Heft 16/2023, S. 498 (gemeinsam mit Paula Sophie Kurth)
- Verfall und Verjährung von Urlaub und Urlaubsabgeltung, in: NJW-Spezial (Neue juristische Wochenzeitschrift), Heft 04/2023, S. 114 (gemeinsam mit Paula Sophie Kurth)
- Das Dienstfahrrad - ein beliebtes Angebot mit Stolperfallen, in: NJW-Spezial (Neue juristische Wochenzeitschrift), Heft 20/2022, S. 626
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Gesetz über Sprecherausschüsse der leitenden Angestellten (Sprecherausschußgesetz - SprAuG)", in: Gesamtes Arbeitsrecht, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Winfried Boecken , LL.M., Prof. Franz Josef Düwell , Prof. Dr. Martin Diller & Prof. Dr. Hans Hanau, 2. Auflage 2022
- Pfändungsschutz von Arbeitseinkommen - Corona-Sonderzahlungen, in: NJW-Spezial (Neue juristische Wochenzeitschrift), Heft 24/2021, S. 754
Lectures
- 06.11.2024: Arbeitsrechtsfrühstück Berlin – Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und Gesetzgebung
- 27.06.2024: BVAU: Themenforum „Entgelttransparenz“ – der rechtliche Rahmen
- 21.03.2024: Luther Female Network: „Gender Equality als Lieferkettensorgfaltspflicht“
- 23.09.2023: Regionalgruppe Mitte: „Brennpunkt Entgeltgleichheit“
- 07.09.2023: Regionalgruppe Ost: „Brennpunkt Entgeltgleichheit“
- 11.07.2023: Arbeitsrechtsfrühstück Berlin: Equal Pay: Neues zur Entgeltgleichheit
- 01.03.2022: Webinar: Hinweisgebersysteme im Unternehmen
- 28.02.2022: Corporate Bites - Hinweisgebersysteme im Unternehmen
Senior Associate
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.