Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Areas of practice
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz advises national and international companies, in particular logistics companies and companies from the supply industry, on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, as well as on all related economic and strategic issues.
She focuses her practice on providing companies with ongoing advice, and representation in labour court, on matters relating to service and employment relationships, including with regard to collective bargaining agreements, and across all aspects of works constitution law, in particular in connection with codetermination by the works council and the drafting of works agreements. Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz has many years of experience advising on the employment law aspects of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings (including negotiating reconciliation-of-interests agreements and social compensation plans).
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz is currently advising her clients on all employment and labour law issues related to the transformation of the economy.
Her knowledge of the social security laws relevant to employers completes her advisory services.
Vita
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz studied law at the University of Tübingen (Germany) and then carried out her legal training at the Regional Court of Stuttgart (Germany). In both state law examinations, her focus was on employment law. Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz carried out part of her training in Salamanca (Spain) and at a business law firm in New York (USA). She joined Luther as a lawyer in 2013.
Publications
- Freistellungsanspruch des Betriebsrats gem. § 40 Abs. 1 BetrVG – Rechnung an den Arbeitgeber – Anmerkung zum Beschluss des Bundesarbeitsgerichts vom 8. März 2023 – 7 ABR 10/22, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht Rechtsprechungs-Report (NZA-RR), Heft 19/2023, S. 559
- Die 20 wichtigsten Fragen zur Kurzarbeit aus den Bereichen Arbeitsrecht, Steuer- und Sozialversicherungsrecht, in: Luther Blog vom 29.04.2020
- Einführung von Kurzarbeit - Leitfaden für Unternehmen, in: Luther Newsletter vom 03.04.2020
- Are professional foster parents excluded from the right to request payment in lieu of untaken annual leave? (RO), in: European Employment Law Cases (EELC), 2019/3
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Vergütung bei Crowdworking", in: Total Compensation – Handbuch der Entgeltgestaltung, herausgegeben von Frank Maschmann, dfv-Verlag, 2017 (gemeinsam mit Dietmar Heise)
Blog posts
Memberships
- Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V.
- Anwaltverein Stuttgart e.V.
- Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht
Counsel
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Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf