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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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
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
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
Counsel
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
Counsel
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
Partner
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
Partner
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
Senior 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 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
Senior 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
Partner
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
Counsel
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
Counsel
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
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
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.