Anna Katharina Tisch
Mediator,
Senior Associate
- Labor Law Litigation
- Termination of Executives and Employees
- Compliance and Investigations
- Mediation
- Restructuring and Transactions
Anna Katharina Tisch is a Senior Associate at NEUWERK. She advises clients on all matters of individual and collective labor law, including related areas of corporate and social security law. Her clients include national and international companies as well as executives.
A key focus of her practice is advising on separation and termination matters, conducting internal investigations, and litigating labor law disputes, including the enforcement of compensation claims arising in connection with discriminatory actions. Drawing on her additional training as a mediator, Ms. Tisch also assists clients through alternative dispute resolution in conflicts between employees, executives, or board members.
In addition, Anna Katharina Tisch frequently advises on restructuring projects and transactions, as well as on the drafting of employment contracts and contracts for board members.
Anna Katharina Tisch is recognized in the Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt Ranking 2027 as a "One to Watch" in the field of Labour and Employment Law.
Recent work
Advising and representing a family-owned business in the separation of several members of its management
Investigation and legal assessment of violations of organizational, legal, and disclosure obligations by members of the executive board of a subsidiary in connection with the implementation of short-time work
Investigation of legally relevant misconduct by the management of a company in the healthcare industry regarding workplace bullying, violations of the Working Hours Act, and obstruction of the works council
Advising and supporting several international companies on restructuring of German subsidiaries
Advising various executives from (former) start-up companies on the enforcement of claims arising from virtual stock options/employee stock ownership plans and on the termination of employment relationships
Memberships
Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e.V.
Hamburg Bar Association e.V.
Working Group Labor Law of the German Bar Association
Bucerius Alumni e.V.
German Women Lawyers Association e.V.
Publications
I. Essays
Beweiswert der Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung im digitalen Umbruch
NZA 2020, 761, ff. (together with Willem Schulte)Wie „gut“ ist gut genug? - BB-Rechtsprechungsreport zu Arbeitszeugnissen 2017/2018
BB 2019, 757 ff. (together with Sebastian Naber and Willem Schulte
II. Judgment Notes
BB-Kommentar zum Urteil des Arbeitsgerichts Reutlingen vom 28.11.2025 - 3 Ca 140/25 (Kein Kennenmüssen der Schwerbehinderung durch Anlage “Abhilfebescheid” – keine Entschädigung nach dem AGG)
BB 2026, 1021 ff.BB-Kommentar zum Urteil des Landesarbeitsgerichts Hamburg vom 06.04.2023 – 8 Sa 51/22 (Böswilliges Unterlassen anderweitigen Verdienstes: Was ist zu tun?)
BB 2023, 2744 ff. (together with Stefan Schmidt-Lauber)Anmerkung zum Urteil des Arbeitsgerichts Villingen-Schwenningen vom 12.10.2022 – 8 Ca 339/21 (Gerichtsstand für Geltendmachung von Aktienbezugsrechten konzernzugehöriger Arbeitnehmer gegenüber US-amerikanischer Muttergesellschaft)
EWiR 2023, 156 ff. (together with Sebastian Naber)
Languages
German
English
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