Dr. Saskia Zellerhoff
Senior Associate
- Employment Law Litigation
- Drafting of Employment and Service Contracts
- Separation and Termination Issues
- Employment of Retirees
Saskia Zellerhoff is a Senior Associate at NEUWERK. She advises individuals and companies on all aspects of German individual and collective employment law, as well as related issues in corporate and social security law. She is the author of the Nomos practice handbook “Employment Relationships Beyond Statutory Retirement Age” and has particular expertise in post-retirement employment.
Her work focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in employment law disputes, advising on the separation of employees and executives, and drafting employment and service contracts (board members). In addition, she frequently supports companies in restructuring projects.
In 2025, the German Newspaper Handelsblatt recognized Saskia as “One to Watch – Lawyer of the Future” in the field of Labor and Employment Law.
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Saskia studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at Sorbonne Université in Paris. She obtained her doctorate in comparative law on a family law topic and conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and the University of Exeter (UK).
Saskia completed her legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, during which she worked for NEUWERK and the labour court in Hamburg.
Memberships
Bucerius Alumni e.V.
Hamburg Association for Labor Law e.V.
Hamburg Bar Association e.V.
Working Group on Labor Law of the German Bar Association
German Labor Court Association
Publications
I. Monographs / Textbooks
Das Arbeitsverhältnis jenseits der Regelaltersgrenze, Handbuch, Baden-Baden 2024
Die Familienschiedsgerichtbarkeit in Recht und Praxis – eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung des deutschen und englischen Rechts, Dissertation, Bern 2020.
II. Essays
Rentnerbeschäftigung: Verschiebungen und Auswirkungen des verfassungsrechtlichen Spannungsfeldes am Beispiel des Befristungsrechts
NZA 2024, 1534 ff. (together with Willem Niemeyer)Family Law Arbitration: A Comparative Analysis of German and English Law and Practice, in: Boele-Woelki, Katharina/Martiny, Dieter (eds.), Plurality and Diversity of Family Relations in Europe, Cambridge 2019, S. 313-340.
III. Judgment Notes
Anmerkung zum Urteil des ArbG Düsseldorf vom 03.12.2020 – 10 Ca 3223/20 (Zum Wiedereinstellungsanspruch des insolvenzbedingten gekündigten Arbeitnehmers gegen den Betriebserwerber bei Betriebsübergang vor Ablauf der Kündigungsfrist)
EWiR 2021, 444 f. (together with Willem Schulte)
IV. Lectures
Das Arbeitsverhältnis jenseits der Regelaltersgrenze
Arbeitsrechtstag des Verbands deutscher Arbeitsrechtsanwälte (VdAA) am 14./15. November 2025Das Arbeitsverhältnis jenseits der Regelaltersgrenze
Nomos Webinare am 8. November 2024
Languages
German
English
French