Dr Annekatrin Veit
Areas of practice
Dr Annekatrin Veit specialises in all employment, tax, social security, commercial and accounting law aspects of occupational pension schemes. She has extensive experience in assisting with negotiations and with risk analyses in the context of mergers and acquisitions, in harmonising pension schemes and in advising on how to organise the release from liability in liquidations or business successions. She supports clients in all tax matters that involve dealing with tax authorities and tax courts. She also advises on matters regarding statutory and contractual insolvency insurance and provides representation in occupational pension disputes.
Vita
Dr Annekatrin Veit obtained her doctorate from the University of Bielefeld (Germany) for a thesis on a topic regarding occupational pension schemes. She has more than 20 years’ experience as an advisor, having worked in two large consultancy firms for occupational pension schemes, two large law firms and one of the Big Four auditing firms, and has made a name for herself through numerous publications, including as a co-author of a standard commentary on the German Occupational Pensions Act. Since June 2025, she has held a Chair at the Berlin Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Social Security Department, subject area: Law – Old-Age Provision, where she primarily teaches on matters related to occupational pension schemes.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2022/2023: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Labour Law" ("special consulting competence in the field of occupational pension schemes due to interdisciplinary knowledge in tax and labor law")
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mention in the category "Insurance Law"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2022: Recommendation in the category "Labour Law"
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in "Employee Benefits Law" (first recommended in 2021) and "Labor and Employment Law"
Clients
- Advising an agricultural machinery manufacturer on the spin-off of pension liabilities prior to the sale of an undertaking
- Advising a mechanical engineering company on encroachments on the occupational pension scheme through a company collective bargaining agreement
- Advising a pharmaceutical company when changing from direct pension commitments to a Belgian pension fund (OFP)
- Advising a hospital group in relation to a legal expert opinion on the consequences of leaving the supplementary pension provider VBL (equivalent value)
- Advising a car manufacturer on the creation of a contractual trust arrangement (CTA) to secure occupational pension schemes, credit balances from partial retirement arrangements and long-term working time accounts
Publications
- Herausgeberin des Werkes Praxishandbuch Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz: Die neue betriebliche Altersversorgung (gemeinsam Dr. Marco Arteagamit & Manuel Baroch Castellvi), Verlag de Gruyter, 2018
- Herausgeberin der jährlichen Aufsatzserie BB-Rechtsprechungs-, Verwaltungs- und Gesetzgebungsreport zur Bilanzierung der betrieblichen Altersversorgung, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB)
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels Betriebliche Altersversorgung für Gesellschafter-Geschäftsführer, in: E-Book für GmbH-Geschäftsführer, herausgegeben von Euroforum, 2021
- Herausgeberin des Werkes Recht und Praxis der Arbeitszeitkonten - Wertguthaben, Flexikonten, Altersteilzeit und Flexirente, in: C.H. Beck Verlag, 3. Auflage 2017 (gemeinsam mit Christian Rolfs, Stefan Witschen & Andreas Hoff)
- Warum so viel Angst vor der Betriebsrentenreform?, in: Blog Handelsblatt Rechtsboard am 24.08.2015 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Marco Arteaga)
- Fortlaufende Kommentierung des EStG §§ zur betrieblichen Altersversorgung sowie zum Altersvermögensgesetz, in: Einkommensteuergesetz Kommentar, herausgegeben von Klaus Korn, Stollfuß Verlag (gemeinsam mit Dr. Marco Arteaga)
- Herausgeberschaft des Werkes Entgeltumwandlung - Mit System zu höheren Durchdringungsquoten im Mittelstand (gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Peter Hanau, Prof. Dr. Volker Rieble & Dr. Annekatrin Veit), Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG, 2014
Lectures
- 15.06.2023: bAV-Lunch #8 I Begrenzte Gestaltungsfreiheit bei Geschäftsleitungs-Versorgungszusagen
- 28.03.2023: DGFP // Jahrestagung Betriebliche Altersversorgung in Koopertation mit dem Eberbacher Kreis 2023
- 12.09.2022: bAV Lunch #6 I „bAV im Tagesgeschäft der Personalabteilung“
- 26.01.2022: Webinar baV Lunch #4
- 23.11.2021: Sonder-Webinar zu den Themen „BBG-Absenkung“ und „Update rentenpolitische Beschlüsse der Koalition"
Memberships
- Eberbacher Kreis
- Tax Law Committee of the German Occupational Pension Association (aba)
- Tax Committee of the German Working Time Account Association (AGZWK)
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