Saskia Steffen

Managing Partner
Certified specialist lawyer for labour and employment law (Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht)

Saskia Steffen advises local, general and group works councils of some of the most renowned German and multinational companies. She is particularly skilled in developing and implementing negotiation strategies, for example in the context of corporate restructurings, personnel reduction programs, proceedings before conciliation committees or the conclusion of collective agreements under the German Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz). She also advises individual employees, managers, directors and board members, for negotiations as well as in court proceedings, if necessary all the way to the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht), Germany's highest court for labour related legal disputes.
 
Saskia Steffen is a renowned expert for all areas of labour law and works constitution law. She regularly publishes articles in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) and Arbeitsrecht Aktuell (C.H. Beck Verlag) and is highly sought after for interviews, including for Der Spiegel and Hessischer Rundfunk (HR).
For details of publications by Saskia Steffen, click here.
 
Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt recommends her as one the “best lawyers of the year 2022, 2023 for labour law in Germany”.
 
Member of:

• Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV)
• Working group on labour law of Deutschen Anwaltvereins (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht des Deutschen Anwaltvereins)
• Manager’s Circle of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
• Alumni Network of Hans-Böckler-Stiftung