Martina Ziffels
Areas of practice
Martina Ziffels advises domestic and international companies on all matters pertaining to individual and collective employment law. This includes, amongst other things, drafting service and employment contracts, negotiating cancellation agreements and, in the field of collective employment law, negotiating works agreements and providing representation on conciliation committees. Martina Ziffels further concentrates her legal practice on providing assistance during restructurings and advising on the employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. In employment disputes, she regularly represents her clients in court.
Vita
Martina Ziffels studied law at the University of Bonn (Germany) and carried out her legal training at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg (Germany). She was admitted to the German Bar in 2004 and joined Luther or its respective predecessor firm the same year. Martina Ziffels has been a certified specialist in employment law since 2010.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Labour and Employment Law" (first recommended in 2021)
Publications
Lectures
- 17.01.2023: Das HinweisgeberschutzG aus arbeitsrechtlicher Perspektive
- 07.07.2022: Der HinweisgeberschutzG-E aus arbeitsrechtlicher Perspektive
- 01.12.2006: Das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz - Auswirkungen und Handlungsempfehlung für die betriebliche Praxis, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung e.V.
- 08.02.2006: Rechte an Arbeitsergebnissen, Haftung und Scheinselbständigkeit des Freelancers, Arbeitskreis Recht "Recht für IT-Freiberufler"
Memberships
Martina Ziffels is a member of the German-Swiss Lawyers' Association (DSJV e.V.).
Counsel
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
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
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
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 Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
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.
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
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne