Dr Denise Peter
Senior AssociateAbout
Dr. Denise Peter advises national and international clients on all aspects of employment and labour law, with focus on internal investigations and HR compliance. She represents companies in and/or out of court and advises them on communication and negotiations with its works councils.
Denise has several years of experience in advising companies in conducting national and cross-border internal investigations. Another focus of Denise’s practice is advising family businesses on employment and labour law.
Areas of FocusEmployment
EXPERIENCE
Languages
- German
- English
Education
- Dr. iur., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 2017
- Higher Regional Court Hamburg, Second State Examination, 2015
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, First State Examination, 2009
Publications
- Labour Law in family businesses, 2018 (Arbeitsrecht in Familienunternehmen – Legitimität und Grenzen eines Sonderarbeitsrechts für Familienunternehmen, 2018)
Seminars
- Regular workshop on internal investigations and labor law.
- Supply Chain Compliance based on German and EU legislation with focus on the implementation of binding guidelines for employees, December 2022.
Prior Experience
- Since 2021, Lawyer for Employment and Labour Law at DLA Piper
- 2018 - 2021, Lawyer for Corporate, Compliance and Internal Investigations at an international law firm
- 2017, Lawyer for Employment and Labour Law at a German law firm specialising in Employment and Labour Law
- Prior several years of work as a research assistant and legal trainee in the field of Employment and Labour Law in several international law firms and at the Chair of Civil Law, Labour Law, Civil Procedure Law and Legal Theory at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Memberships And Affiliations
- German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwalt Verein – DAV)
- German Lawyer Day (Deutscher Juristentag – DJT)
