Dr Katharina Fischer
Senior AssociateAbout
Dr Katharina Fischer advises national and international clients on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, both in court and out of court. A focus of her advice is legal advice on restructurings (in particular in connection with negotiations on reconciliation of interests and social plans), company transfers, M&A transactions, works constitution law and questions of corporate co-determination.
Katharina is a lecturer for employment law at the Fresenius Hochschule in Hamburg and regularly publishes articles in law journals.
Areas of FocusEmployment
EXPERIENCE
- Advising a shipyard group and its shareholders on a comprehensive, 1.5-year restructuring.*
- Advising a DAX-listed automotive group on the spin-off and IPO of a business unit.*
- Advising on numerous M&A transactions (asset and share deals) in various industries (e.g. chemicals, publishing, tourism, FinTech, recycling), on the buyer and seller side.*
- Regular advice to a client in the textile industry on questions of works constitution law, in particular on IT issues and plant shutdowns.*
Languages
- German
- English
- Spanish
Education
- Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Second State Examination, 2017
- Bucerius Law School, PhD, 2016
- Bucerius Law School, First State Examination, 2015
Awards
- Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024/2025: Recognised as “one to watch” for employee beneifts law and labor and employment law
Publications
Prior Experience
Prior to joining DLA Piper, Katharina worked in the labour and employment law practice of another international law firm.
Additional qualifications
- Lecturer for employment law at the Fresenius Hochschule in Hamburg
