Expertise

Doris-Maria advises in labour and employment law matters, including in connection with transactions and company restructurings. Clients profit from her extensive experience with complex matters concerning works constitution and collective bargaining law, in particular with critical negotiations with works councils or unions. She is also a specialist for contract structuring at board and managing director level from an employment law perspective. A further focus of her work is advising on employment-related compliance measures and representing companies in employment law-related disputes.

Vita

Doris-Maria studied law at the University of Marburg. She has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2002. Doris-Maria is a certified labour law attorney. In 1999 she was seconded to an international law firm in Chicago.

She is chair of the board of the German Bar Association’s Labour Law Working Group, a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA), the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV), as well as the Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e.V. In addition she is a member of the supervisory board of the DeutscheAnwaltAkademie and the organizing committee of the Deutsche Arbeitsrechtstag. Furthermore, Doris-Maria is an author of the employment law column in the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

Doris-Maria speaks German and English.

Presentations
10/15/2026 10/15 02:05 PM Frankfurt Frankfurt
Aktuelles aus der Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung (German-language Presentation) 25. NZA-Jahrestagung 2026 Presentation
04/23/2026 04/23 03:38 PM Köln Köln
Entgelttransparenz - Transparenz- und Berichtspflichten (German-language Presentation) Kölner Tage Arbeitsrecht 2026 Presentation

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Fields
News
Gleiss Lutz advises LichtBlick eMobility on the acquisition of Mer Germany's business customer division Mandate
Gleiss Lutz advises Hapag-Lloyd on Hanseatic Global Terminals' Investment in Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg Mandate
‘Best Lawyers’ in Germany – 8 Lawyer of the Year Awards and 311 recommendations Article
Gleiss Lutz advises Infopro Digital, a portfolio company of TowerBrook, on the acquisition of Eucon Mandate
Gleiss Lutz advises MEGGLE on its acquisition of the Rücker dairy Mandate
‘Best Lawyers’ in Germany – 14 Lawyer of the Year Awards and 412 recommendations Article

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Expertise

Doris-Maria advises in labour and employment law matters, including in connection with transactions and company restructurings. Clients profit from her extensive experience with complex matters concerning works constitution and collective bargaining law, in particular with critical negotiations with works councils or unions. She is also a specialist for contract structuring at board and managing director level from an employment law perspective. A further focus of her work is advising on employment-related compliance measures and representing companies in employment law-related disputes.

Vita

Doris-Maria studied law at the University of Marburg. She has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2002. Doris-Maria is a certified labour law attorney. In 1999 she was seconded to an international law firm in Chicago.

She is chair of the board of the German Bar Association’s Labour Law Working Group, a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA), the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV), as well as the Hamburger Verein für Arbeitsrecht e.V. In addition she is a member of the supervisory board of the DeutscheAnwaltAkademie and the organizing committee of the Deutsche Arbeitsrechtstag. Furthermore, Doris-Maria is an author of the employment law column in the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

Doris-Maria speaks German and English.

Fields
News
Gleiss Lutz advises LichtBlick eMobility on the acquisition of Mer Germany's business customer division Mandate
Gleiss Lutz advises Hapag-Lloyd on Hanseatic Global Terminals' Investment in Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg Mandate
‘Best Lawyers’ in Germany – 8 Lawyer of the Year Awards and 311 recommendations Article
Gleiss Lutz advises Infopro Digital, a portfolio company of TowerBrook, on the acquisition of Eucon Mandate
Gleiss Lutz advises MEGGLE on its acquisition of the Rücker dairy Mandate
‘Best Lawyers’ in Germany – 14 Lawyer of the Year Awards and 412 recommendations Article

All news

Presentations
10/15/2026 10/15 02:05 PM Frankfurt Frankfurt
Aktuelles aus der Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung (German-language Presentation) 25. NZA-Jahrestagung 2026 Presentation
04/23/2026 04/23 03:38 PM Köln Köln
Entgelttransparenz - Transparenz- und Berichtspflichten (German-language Presentation) Kölner Tage Arbeitsrecht 2026 Presentation

All presentations