Prof. Dr. Marion Bernhardt
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)
Languages
- German
- English
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Compliance and employment law expert Marion Bernhardt works with a team of twelve lawyers in Berlin and Leipzig, advising medium-sized companies, corporate groups as well as state-owned enterprises.
Marion and her team offer the following compliance services:
- Advising on customised compliance structures and compliance management systems
- Risk analysis
- Compliance monitoring following loss events
- Conducting internal investigations
- Handling corporate compliance cases with criminal law implications (corruption and breach of trust)
- Litigation (civil and employment law proceedings)
- Interim compliance matters
Marion’s employment law practice covers all aspects of employment law with a focus on employment contracts and service agreements:
- Reorganisation and negotiation of remuneration systems (at collective bargaining and company level)
- Works council remuneration
- Working hours
- Legal issues related to working with freelancers
- Harmonising working conditions within groups
- Change processes
Marion was made partner in 1999 and is the HR partner of the CMS Berlin office (since 2022). Alongside her legal practice, she has been an honorary professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) since 2015, a member of the university‘s ethics committee since 2016 and its deputy chairwoman since 2021. She also acts as examiner in the law state examinations in the Berlin/Brandenburg region. She has been the HR partner for the Berlin office since 2022. Since 2025, she has been a Bucerius Compliance Officer.
