Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lorenzen
Professor for Economic Law, especially Labor and Social Law
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Campus Schöneberg - Building B
Room: B 5.04
Academic and Professional Background
- Since 2009 Professor at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Course Director of Master's program in international corporate law context
- 2007-2009 Visiting lecturer of the Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft / Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
- 2006-2007 Lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin
- 2003-2009 self-employed lawyer in individual and collective labor law in Berlin
- 1998-2003 lawyer at Gleiss Lutz in Berlin with an emphasis in employment law advice and litigation
- 1993-1995 Project Assistant of the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in a legal reform program at the Justice Ministry in Windhoek, Namibia
- 1988-1992 Law studies at the University of Heidelberg and Freie Universität Berlin
Professional Focus
- Development of national systems of inhouse collective wage agreements
- Consulting for legal social security issues in public transportation
- Comprehensive experience in drafting of employment contracts
- M & A in labor law
International Cooperation
- Kingston Law School
- German Women Lawyers Association
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Teaching Focus
- Individual and collective labor law
- Civil law contracts
- Equal opportunities and protection against discrimination
- Labor and employment in a globalized world
Research Areas
- Control of general terms and conditions in labor law and business transfers
- Remuneration models as incentives for risky behavior in banks?
- Equal opportunities in firms
- Women's return to work
Selected Publications
- Inhaltskontrolle beim Betriebsübergang – Die Identität tariflicher Arbeitsbedingungen bei Privatisierungen, in der Reihe: Abbo Junker (Hrsg.), Schriften zum Arbeitsrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, voraussichtlich 2009
- Arbeitsbedingungen im Irak, für: mict – media in cooperation and transition, April 2009
- “Arbeitsrecht” in: Werner Hoppe / Michael Uechtritz (Hrsg.), Handbuch Kommunale Unternehmen, Otto Schmidt Verlag, erste Auflage Köln 2004 und völlig überarbeitete Zweitauflage 2007 (gemeinsam mit Doris-Maria Schuster)
- Das neue Gesetz zur “Scheinselbständigkeit”, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht, 1999, S. 169-177
- Gender-oriented Advice on Legal Policy, Summary of Conclusions and Suggestions, Gender and Macro Policy, GTZ Social Policy Working Papers No. 20, Eschborn 1997