Associate
le.fuchs@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 40 30 06 87 2-0
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Leona Fuchs’ legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. Her areas of expertise are focused on dismissal disputes, mass layoff procedures, and drafting employment contracts, as well as applying the General Equal Treatment Act. In addition, she has particular experience in advising on corporate restructurings and co-determination matters.

Languages: German, English
Location: Hamburg

  • Career

    2015–2020
    Study of Law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    2019
    LL.B. (Bucerius Law School)
    Certificate in Business Studies from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

    2021
    Legal Research Assistant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Labor Law), Hamburg

    2021–2022
    LL.M. as part of the “European Master in Law and Economics” (EMLE) program with research stations in Haifa, Ghent, and Barcelona

    2022–2024
    Legal Training at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg with stations at White & Case LLP in Hamburg (Labor Law), Freshfields in Amsterdam (Labor Law), the Hamburg Labor Court, and the Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin

    2025
    Associate at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Hamburg

  • Publications

    Commentary on ‘Bavarian Social Court: Supplementary Expert Opinions Only for New Aspects’, FD-SozVR 2018, 406831, beck-online

    Trans* Persons in the Workplace – Personality Rights of Employees and Design Options for Employers, NZA 5/2022, p. 315

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Associate
le.fuchs@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 40 30 06 87 2-0

Leona Fuchs’ legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. Her areas of expertise are focused on dismissal disputes, mass layoff procedures, and drafting employment contracts, as well as applying the General Equal Treatment Act. In addition, she has particular experience in advising on corporate restructurings and co-determination matters.

Languages: German, English
Location: Hamburg

Career

2015–2020
Study of Law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

2019
LL.B. (Bucerius Law School)
Certificate in Business Studies from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

2021
Legal Research Assistant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Labor Law), Hamburg

2021–2022
LL.M. as part of the “European Master in Law and Economics” (EMLE) program with research stations in Haifa, Ghent, and Barcelona

2022–2024
Legal Training at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg with stations at White & Case LLP in Hamburg (Labor Law), Freshfields in Amsterdam (Labor Law), the Hamburg Labor Court, and the Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin

2025
Associate at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Hamburg