The Founder
Excellence and Unwavering Commitment
to Clients
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke honed her skills at the most prestigious law firms in her field, where she has led highly complex cases in recent years. These experiences have shaped her approach. At NEWHAVEN, clients can expect excellent and innovative advice.
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke
Lawyer
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke honed her skills at the most prestigious law firms in her field, where she has led highly complex cases in recent years. These experiences have shaped her approach. At NEWHAVEN, clients can expect excellent and innovative advice.
Professional career
- Lawyer since 2013, first nine years at Freshfields, then at a leading employment law boutique (Tier One)
- Secondment to the HR department of Novartis Germany during ongoing restructuring measures
- Secondment to the "Global Litigation Communications" department (Group-wide crisis communications) of Volkswagen AG
- Five-month internal investigation at a global insurance company in Switzerland
Academic career
- Studied at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (LL.B. and Dr. jur.) and the University of Texas at Austin, USA, as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation
- Doctorate with Professor Dr. Matthias Jacobs (Bucerius Law School) on the topic "On the admissibility of sympathy strikes"
- Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
Publications and Presentations
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke is a speaker at the IfUS Institute (Institute for Corporate Restructuring and Development) in Heidelberg, where she leads the module "Employment Law Restructuring Measures in Crisis" as part of the "Restructuring and Reorganization Consultant Certificate Course". She is a regular speaker at specialist conferences, most recently at the Center for Labor Relations and Labor Law (ZAAR) in Munich, at the conference of the Labor Law Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV) and at the local conference of the German Association of Labor Courts, at the Practitioners' Group on Works Constitution Law and at the Federal Association of Labor Lawyers in Companies (BVAU) and provides impetus in publications on key topics in labor law.
Recent lectures and publications deal with the following topics, among others:
- Employment law in restructuring and insolvency
- Digitalization in the workplace - data protection and employee co-determination
- Compliance risk works council remuneration
- Working time recording
- Post-contractual non-compete clauses
- Supply chain compliance and trade secret protection
- Cross-border conversions and news on the European Company (SE)
- Whistleblowing and managing directors
- Directors' liability in the pandemic
- Occupational health and safety
Voluntary commitment / Memberships
- As President of the Bucerius Law School Alumni Association (Bucerius Alumni e.V.), Dr. Anne-Kathrin Bertke leads a community of over 2,300 members and is committed to the exchange between academia and practice.
- Further memberships (selection)
- Alumni of the Studienstiftung e.V.
- Labor Law Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV)
- German Labor Court Association
- Hamburg Association for Labor Law e.V.
- Hamburg Bar Association
Team
At your side
Dr. Fabia Brauckhoff
Specialist lawyer for employment law, Of Counsel
Dr. Fabia Brauckhoff
Specialist lawyer for employment law, Of Counsel
Dr. Fabia Brauckhoff advises companies on all employment law issues, with a focus on working time and remuneration issues, such as the structuring of bonus or other incentive models. She has particular expertise in the financial services environment, especially at the interface between employment and regulatory law, for example in relation to regulatory remuneration requirements.
Professional career
- Specialist lawyer for employment law since 2025
- Lawyer since 2022, initially in a major international law firm
- Corporate Legal Counsel at a major international bank in Frankfurt am Main, responsible for providing legal advice to the Supervisory Board on all corporate, regulatory, employment and co-determination law issues
Academic career
- Studied law at the Bucerius Law School and at the Singapore Management University
- Doctorate with Professor Dr. Marita Körner (University of Hamburg) on the topic "Legal foundations of overtime and its payment"
- Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
- Scholarship holder and doctoral scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
Publications
- Dissertation: "Legal foundations of overtime and its payment", Nomos, 2024
- Betriebs-Berater 2022, 2423 ff: "Responsibility of the general works council for the organization of mobile work pursuant to Section 87 (1) No. 14 BetrVG" (together with Nils Grunicke)
- ArbeitsrechtAktuell 2021, 126 ff.: "Double compensation for overtime" (together with Dr. Simona Kreis)
President of Bucerius Alumni e.V.
Dr. Fabia Brauckhoff is regularly involved in selection committees for first-year students at the German National Academic Foundation. She is also a member of the German Labor Court Association.
Hanna E. Weißer
Fully qualified lawyer
Hanna E. Weißer
Fully qualified lawyer
Professional and Academic Career
- Training as a paralegal
- Studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
- Worked as a research assistant in an international commercial law firm
- Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court with stations in Berlin and Istanbul
- Freelancer, Legal Tribune Online (LTO)
- Doctoral project at the "Institute for Law and Finance" at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Publications
Articles for Legal Tribune Online (LTO)
Voluntary work
Breakfast distribution for people affected by homelessness, Franziskustreff Frankfurt
Leif Järvinen
Research assistant
Leif Järvinen
Research assistant
Professional career
- Research associate at NEWHAVEN since October 2025
- Student assistant at the Chair of Private Law V, Prof. Dr. Karsten Thorn, Bucerius Law School
Academic career
- Studied law at Bucerius Law School (LL.B., specializing in employment law) and at the University of Antwerp
- Organization of the Bucerius Mooting Competition by BODENHEIMER (2025)
Volunteering
- Support for legal advice for refugees at the Millerntor Stadium
- Chair of a political university group at Bucerius Law School (2021-2022)
- International voluntary service in patient transport and rescue in Sinalunga, Italy (2018-2019)
- Board member of the Henstedt-Ulzburg local political association (2017-2018)