Managing Associate
wantzen@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 89 215 39 28 - 0
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Lisa Wantzen’s legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. Her areas of expertise are focused on representation in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings, employment law advice in M&A transactions, and the drafting of employment and service agreements for managing directors and senior executives. In addition, she has particular experience in bonus systems and legal issues relating to the use of external personnel.

Languages: German, English
Location: Munich

  • Career

    2008–2011
    Study of Business and Law at Saarland University

    2011–2016
    Study of Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

    2012–2016
    Research Assistant at Becker und Krüger Law Firm, Frankfurt am Main

    2017
    Research Assistant at Allen Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main

    2017–2019
    Legal Training at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

    2018–2019
    Legal Training at various institutions (Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Local Court of Frankfurt am Main, Headquarters of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Allen Overy LLP Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Hanoi)

    January 2020
    Admission to the German Bar

    2020–2025
    Lawyer at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, Frankfurt am Main

    2024
    Certified labor and employment law specialist

    2025
    Managing Associate at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Munich

  • Publications

    Equal-Pay Anspruch eines freigestellten Betriebsratsmitglieds bei hypothetischer Personalgestellung, Der Betrieb 24/2021, S. 1341

    Kommentar zur Entscheidung des BAG vom 07.02.2024 (Az. 5 AZR 177/23) zum Annahmeverzug – Berücksichtigung der Verletzung sozialrechtlicher Handlungspflichten beim Einwand des böswilligen Unterlassens anderweitigen Erwerbs, Betriebs-Berater, 34/2025, S. 1920

    Kommentar zur Entscheidung des BAG vom 15.01.2025 (Az. 5 AZR 273/24) zum Einwand des böswillig unterlassenen Verdiensts bei Streit über den Annahmeverzugslohn, Betriebs-Berater 36/2025, S.2045

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Managing Associate
wantzen@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 89 215 39 28 - 0

Lisa Wantzen’s legal practice encompasses all matters of individual and collective labor law. Her areas of expertise are focused on representation in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings, employment law advice in M&A transactions, and the drafting of employment and service agreements for managing directors and senior executives. In addition, she has particular experience in bonus systems and legal issues relating to the use of external personnel.

Languages: German, English
Location: Munich

Career

2008–2011
Study of Business and Law at Saarland University

2011–2016
Study of Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

2012–2016
Research Assistant at Becker und Krüger Law Firm, Frankfurt am Main

2017
Research Assistant at Allen Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main

2017–2019
Legal Training at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

2018–2019
Legal Training at various institutions (Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Local Court of Frankfurt am Main, Headquarters of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Allen Overy LLP Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Hanoi)

January 2020
Admission to the German Bar

2020–2025
Lawyer at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, Frankfurt am Main

2024
Certified labor and employment law specialist

2025
Managing Associate at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Munich