Dr Volker Schneider
Areas of practice
Dr. Volker Schneider provides comprehensive advice in collective and individual employment law matters. He specialises in restructuring and corporate transactions, corporate constitution law, employee dismissal protection, bankruptcy employment law and employment law for members of management. Besides providing consultation, he also conducts legal proceedings.
Vita
Dr Volker Schneider studied law in Freiburg and Munich (Germany), from 1988 to 1994, followed by a legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court in Munich as well as receiving his doctorate from the University of Osnabrück. He has worked as an attorney in Hamburg since 1998. In 2001, he completed a supplementary qualification as an employment lawyer. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 2004.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mention in "City Focus Hamburg" (first recommendation in 2023)
The Legal 500 Germany 2021: Mention in the category "Labour Law" (first mention in 2020) - kanzleimonitor.de 2018/2019: Recommended in "Labour Law" (first recommended in 2017/2018)
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Labor and Employment Law" (first recommended in 2021) and "Restructuring and Insolvency Law"
- WirtschaftsWoche 2022: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Labour Law" (first recommendation in 2019)
Clients
Dr. Schneider's clients primarily include mid-sized, national and international companies in retail, technology, social services, logistics, banking, and personnel services, as well as a university and several general consulates.
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Kevin Brinkmann LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne