Lisa-Maria Salzer

My areas of expertise

Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and executives on all aspects of employment law. We support you in drafting contracts, developing personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we develop pragmatic and tailor-made solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

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Lisa-Maria Salzer in person

Employment law is more than just interpreting the law. It is a sensitive area that combines economic, personal and often emotional aspects. This makes it all the more important to advise and act with legal expertise, strategic foresight and a clear understanding of your situation.

As a lawyer, I support you in legally complex situations with the aim of developing viable and practicable solutions. The focus of my work is on your interests – and the requirement to enforce these effectively and with legal certainty.

I work with you to analyze the specific situation and provide you with transparent information about your legal options. In doing so, I not only take into account the current legal situation and case law, but also the specific implications of each option – legally, economically and personally.

Whether termination, contract drafting, restructuring or cooperation with the works council: I support you in making well-founded decisions and in being well-positioned both legally and strategically.

Career

I completed my law studies as part of the combined degree program “Corporate Lawyer (LL.B./Staatsexamen)” at the University of Mannheim with a focus on commercial law.

I completed my legal clerkship at Karlsruhe Regional Court, during which I was able to gain a wide range of insights into different areas of legal practice.

In particular, I deepened my knowledge of employment law – both from a legal perspective and on the corporate side, including during my time at a leading international company in the field of drive technology and automation.

From July 2025, I will be working at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte with a focus on employment law.

Good to know

Interview with Lisa-Maria Salzer

Assistance

Dr. Gerhard Wagner

My specialties

Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and executives on all aspects of employment law. We support you in drafting contracts, developing personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we develop pragmatic and tailor-made solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

Restructuring, outsourcing, reorganization and turnaround situations

A competent and solution-oriented partner is needed to manage the increasing complexity for entrepreneurs and companies, but also for employees. I see myself as such. With more than twenty-five years of practical experience in various positions of responsibility in industrial companies, as well as my work as a lawyer, I am familiar with the concerns and needs of entrepreneurs and companies, but also of employees. My approach has always been to find pragmatic, successful solutions in the interests of the company, based on in-depth knowledge of the relevant area of law.

Compliance

Companies, their executive bodies and employees have to know and observe a large number of sometimes complex rules. If violations occur, there is not only the threat of criminal and civil law consequences, but often also reputational damage and business losses. The scope of the rules, their complexity and the level of sanctions have been steadily increasing for years. At the same time, companies are losing money because they are not taking advantage of business opportunities due to excessive caution. With our many years of experience, we help you to identify and objectively assess risks without ignoring or over-dramatizing them.

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The context in which many companies and entrepreneurs, as well as employees, operate today is becoming increasingly complex due to advancing digitalization, internationalization and globalization.
This has a tangible and direct impact on all those involved, not least due to the plethora of legal regulations within which companies, employers and employees now have to navigate and find their way around.

Regulations that are applied in the course of restructuring, outsourcing, reorganization and turnaround situations, but also works constitution law and collective bargaining law are just a few examples.

A competent and solution-oriented partner is needed to manage the increasing complexity for entrepreneurs and companies, but also for employees. I see myself as such. With more than twenty-five years of practical experience in various positions of responsibility in industrial companies, as well as my work as a lawyer, I am familiar with the concerns and needs of entrepreneurs and companies, but also of employees. My approach has always been to find pragmatic, successful solutions in the interests of the company, based on in-depth knowledge of the relevant area of law.

Career

I studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg. I completed my doctorate on the subject of “German and Austrian Works Constitution Law – A Comparison from a Legal History Perspective” at the Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein, Triesen, under Professor Dr. Bernd Waas (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main).

I completed my legal clerkship in Darmstadt. I was admitted to the bar in 1995 and have been a specialist lawyer for employment law since 1999. In addition to my work as a lawyer, I held various management positions, first at a company of the Deutsche Bahn Group, then at a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, then at Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH and finally for almost twelve years at HOERBIGER Holding AG, for the HOERBIGER Group. In the last five years there, I was Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board.

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Assistance
10.11.2022
  I   Event
“If Mary and Joseph had known!” Short presentations by Bartsch Rechtsanwälte

Marin Mrvelj

My specialties

Employment contracts and variable remuneration systems

When drafting employment contracts, it is important to find the right provisions for your company and to adapt these provisions to changes in legislation or case law. By designing additional variable remuneration systems accordingly, we can ensure that your entrepreneurial interests are safeguarded when designing and implementing these systems. We support you in all upcoming tasks in the area of employment contract design and in the conception, introduction and implementation of variable remuneration systems.

Termination of employment and service relationships

(Cross-border employment law advice)

We mainly represent employers as well as managing directors and board members in the realization of individual and collective dismissal proceedings. In terms of professional separation management, we support our clients in all phases of the separation process.

Employee data protection

Employee data protection” comprises regulations that deal with the collection, processing and use of personal employee data. We support and advise companies in complying with data protection regulations in the professional environment, draw up data protection guidelines and provide training in relation to the legal requirements of employee data protection.

More about me

Even at a young age, I faced my opponents, even if only on the tennis court in pursuit of the yellow felt ball.

Today, I meet my opponents in the courtroom and stand up for my clients’ interests with ambition, diligence and skill. In order to win the last point here too, I rely not only on a strategic approach, but above all on close and trusting cooperation with my clients.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg. During my studies, I gained an insight into the employment law department of a major international law firm. I also worked as a research assistant in a medium-sized law firm in Karlsruhe.

I completed my legal clerkship in Karlsruhe and Ludwigshafen. I deepened the employment law focus of my legal training by completing an elective traineeship in the employment law department of a leading international chemical group.

Good to know

Interview with Marin Mrvelj

Assistance

Alexandra Steg, LL.B.

My specialties

Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and executives on all aspects of employment law. We support you in drafting contracts, developing personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we develop pragmatic and tailor-made solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

Compliance

Companies, their executive bodies and employees have to know and observe a large number of sometimes complex rules. If violations occur, there is not only the threat of criminal and civil law consequences, but often also reputational damage and business losses. The scope of the rules, their complexity and the level of sanctions have been steadily increasing for years. At the same time, companies are losing money because they are not taking advantage of business opportunities due to excessive caution. With our many years of experience, we help you to identify and objectively assess risks without ignoring or over-dramatizing them.

Employment contracts and variable remuneration systems

When drafting employment contracts, it is important to find the right provisions for your company and to adapt these provisions to changes in legislation or case law. By designing additional variable remuneration systems accordingly, we can ensure that your entrepreneurial interests are safeguarded when designing and implementing these systems. We support you in all upcoming tasks in the area of employment contract design and in the conception, introduction and implementation of variable remuneration systems.

Company agreements and social plans

Works councils are involved in various organizational issues, from software launches to personnel measures such as hiring, transfers or dismissals. Restructurings and operational changes, which often require a reconciliation of interests and a social plan, are particularly complex. We draft works agreements for you, negotiate with the works council and represent your company before the conciliation committee.

Advice and representation of municipalities

We advise and represent local authorities on all issues relating to the TVöD and TV-L: from questions of correct classification, transfer, dismissal and disciplinary proceedings.

Employment law support for M&A projects

In the event of plant closures or relocations, we design employment law strategies for practical implementation. In mergers and transactions, a careful examination of employment law issues, such as dealing with pension schemes or co-determination at company and corporate level in share and asset deals, is crucial for a successful transfer.

Termination of employment and service relationships

We mainly represent employers as well as managing directors and board members in the realization of individual and collective dismissal proceedings. In terms of professional separation management, we support our clients in all phases of the separation process.

More about me

When advising you, I assert your claims with foresight and find tailor-made solutions for you, be it in the drafting of employment contracts, the termination of employment relationships, corporate restructuring or in dealings between the company and the works council. It is essential for me that the solutions found are not just theoretical, but can also be implemented in practice.

You often have to deviate from familiar structures and ways of thinking in order to achieve the best possible result.

Career

I studied law at the University of Mannheim, specializing in employment law.

I completed my legal clerkship at Karlsruhe Regional Court. During this time, I worked at the Karlsruhe Labor Court and also gained experience at a globally active commercial law firm in Stuttgart. In addition, I have worked for the law firm Bartsch Rechtsanwälte in the field of employment law since March 2017.

I have been working as a lawyer at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since August 2021 and continue to focus on employment law.

Teaching activities

  • Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Karlsruhe: Labor Law

Good to know

Interview with Alexandra Steg

Assistance
09.04.2024
  I   Event
In-house management seminar for CONITAS GmbH in Karlsruhe on 09.04.2024 on the subject of individual employment law (Alexandra Steg) and works constitution law (Dr. Reinhard Möller)
10.11.2022
  I   Event
“If Mary and Joseph had known!” Short presentations by Bartsch Rechtsanwälte

Dr. Alexander Hoff

My specialties

Construction law

The construction and real estate sector is an anchor of stability and a driver of growth for the German economy. At the same time, it fulfills an essential function for society as a whole: it creates a livable living and working environment and the necessary infrastructure for a community. Construction and real estate law is characterized by a large number of legal standards, whereby the boundary between legal and technical regulations is fluid. In addition, digital and sustainable solutions are also playing an increasingly important role here and are politically prescribed. In this complex environment, we provide you with comprehensive, targeted and specialized advice so that you are prepared for the legal challenges that arise in construction projects.

Real Estate

We deal with all important issues relating to real estate and advise our clients in particular on real estate transactions, project developments and asset management. Our team masters the development and management of large-scale real estate projects – from planning to execution and marketing to realization.

Building smart

Building is technically complex. At the same time, it should be sustainable. The set deadline and budget targets should be met. At the moment, construction projects too often end in disputes over supplements or defects and none of the targets set are achieved. At the same time, the world is becoming more digital. Smart building is the order of the day and we provide the necessary legal tools.

Labor and Employment Law

As a specialist lawyer for employment law, I advise companies and executives on all matters relating to employment law. We support you in the development of personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we provide straightforward answers and develop pragmatic solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

More about me

The focus of my work is the supervision of complex large-scale construction projects. I advise clients, investors and construction companies during the construction process and also represent my clients in court if necessary. To do this, a lawyer must understand what he is talking about and have the ability to present complex business, construction or interpersonal issues correctly and convincingly. I understand my clients, their business and their goals. For me, communicating optimally for my clients is the basis of first-class legal advice.

Career

Dr. Alexander Hoff studied law in Freiburg i.Br. He received his doctorate from the University of Potsdam.

After his legal clerkship in Freiburg i.Br. and London, Dr. Alexander Hoff joined Bartsch und Partner as a lawyer. He is a founding partner of Bartsch Rechtsanwälte.

Memberships

  • German Construction Court Conference e.V.
  • German Society for Building Law e.V.
  • Trusted lawyer of the Verband Privater Bauherren e.V.
  • Head of the Legal Competence Group in the Advisory Network of the City of Karlsruhe
  • Lawyers’ Association Karlsruhe e.V.
  • IHK working group on real estate and location development

Teaching activities

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology:

  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Contract design

Good to know

Interview with Dr. Alexander Hoff

Assistance
I   News
30.10.2025
Real Estate Day 2025 of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Karlsruhe
I   News
13.10.2025
Advoselect Annual Conference in Paris from September 25 to September 27, 2025

Dr. Reinhard Möller

My specialties

Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and executives on all aspects of employment law. We support you in drafting contracts, developing personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we develop pragmatic and tailor-made solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

Compliance

Companies, their executive bodies and employees have to know and observe a large number of sometimes complex rules. If violations occur, there is not only the threat of criminal and civil law consequences, but often also reputational damage and business losses. The scope of the rules, their complexity and the level of sanctions have been steadily increasing for years. At the same time, companies are losing money because they are not taking advantage of business opportunities due to excessive caution. With our many years of experience, we help you to identify and objectively assess risks without ignoring or over-dramatizing them.

Construction law

Construction and real estate law is characterized by a particularly high number of legal standards, whereby the boundary between legal and technical regulations is fluid. In addition, digital and sustainable solutions are also playing an increasingly important role here and are politically prescribed. In this complex environment, we provide you with comprehensive, targeted and specialized advice so that you are prepared for the legal challenges that arise in construction projects.

Real Estate

We deal with all important issues relating to real estate and advise our clients in particular on real estate transactions, project developments and asset management. Our team is proficient in the development and management of large-scale real estate projects – from planning to execution and sales through to realization.

More about me

In my work as a lawyer, the focus is on finding solutions. These solutions must be one thing above all: feasible and sensible in every respect.

Solving legal problems is always a question of strategy – your own (corporate) strategy and a legal strategy. Economic and legal risks must be avoided.

I support you with the right consulting strategy to solve your legal issues sensibly without losing sight of your strategy.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Marburg, Canterbury (U.K.) and Freiburg. During my studies, I worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. After graduating, I was a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hohloch at the Institute for Foreign and International Private Law at the University of Freiburg.

I completed my doctorate on the topic of liability law “The Prevention Principle of Tort Law” at the University of Tübingen under Prof. Dr. Gottfried Schiemann. During my legal clerkship, I worked at Thiedmann & Edler in Chicago, II, a law firm specializing in advising European clients in their native language.

I have been working as a lawyer since 2001. I am active as a speaker in my specialist areas and regularly publish articles and comments on current decisions.

Memberships

  • German Construction Court Conference e.V.
  • Lawyers’ Association Karlsruhe e.V.
  • German Bar Association – ARGE Labor Law in the German Bar Association

Teaching activities

  • Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Karlsruhe: Civil Law
  • Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences: Labor Law
  • Quadriga Akademie Berlin: Labor law and data protection

Good to know

Interview with Dr. Reinhard Möller

Assistance
20.06.2024
  I   Event
In-house seminar for bardusch GmbH & Co. KG on the topic of works constitution law for managers on 20.06.2024 (2 hours)
23.04.2024
  I   Event
Quadriga University E-Learning

Bartsch Rechtsanwälte at the EXPO Real in Munich

From October 4 to 6, the largest real estate trade fair EXPO Real took place again in Munich. Investors, project developers and construction companies from all over the world met to exchange experiences.

Our partner, the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion, was also represented there with its own stand and we had many opportunities to talk to clients and interested parties and share our experience and knowledge.

This year in Munich, around 1,900 exhibitors from 36 countries presented their services to 40,000 participants with a focus on sustainability, digitalization and the transformation of the real estate industry.

Advoselect webinar, topic: Energy and heat

Energy security, energy supply and energy prices are not only an economic issue, but also present us with legal challenges.

The law firms in the Europe-wide Advoselect network of lawyers have therefore taken up this issue. In five short articles, you will learn interesting facts about rental and lease agreements for solar and wind power plants, about intra-European energy trading, but also about an important topic for local authorities and investors, namely the possibilities accelerated by politics to designate areas for wind power use.

Our partner Alexander Hoff spoke about this (in the video from minute 41). We look forward to receiving your suggestions.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/box4jglomkk69mcc8oxkd/Energie-und-W-rme.mp4

“If Mary and Joseph had known!” Short presentations by Bartsch Rechtsanwälte

On 10.11.2022, our new short lecture series on employment law entitled “If Mary and Joseph had known! Employment law under the Christmas tree” at the Buhlsche Mühle in Ettlingen. The six-person team, consisting of attorneys Ina Bender, Diana Lipska and Alexandra Steg as well as attorneys Dr. Alexander Hoff, Dr. Reinhard Möller and Dr. Gerhard Wagner, presented current and exciting topics in employment law in a cozy atmosphere. The special feature here was not only the unusual presentation format, but also the parallel to the Christmas story, which was skillfully drawn by the speakers in their presentations and provided smiles and laughter in many places. The audience not only enjoyed a highly informative evening, but also an entertaining, cozy and relaxed atmosphere in a wintery, pre-Christmas mood. Thanks to the cold temperatures of the evening, the first mulled wine of the year in the outdoor area tasted particularly good for many guests.

We are already looking forward to our “Anglühen” next year and hope that we can not only inspire our guests again, but also enchant them!

Are you an entrepreneur or an HR manager in a company, interested in labor law topics and would like to join us next time? Then get in touch with us and send us an e-mail here. We look forward to seeing you!

38th HR decision-maker network meeting on the MS Karlsruhe

On 29.09.2022, the network meeting of erste reserve personalservice spreen GmbH took place for the 38th time.

Under the motto “Full speed ahead: strategies for a successful crew”, lawyer Dr. Möller spoke, as in previous years, on an employment law topic based on the motto – this time on the perennial topic of “Troublemakers in the team. The right way to deal with obstructionists and naysayers.”

In keeping with the motto, we went on a round trip on the Rhine on the MS Karlsruhe passenger ship. The topic of “time recording”, which has gained considerable interest due to the decision of the Federal Labor Court of 13.09.2022, was not neglected.

After the presentations, there was plenty of opportunity to network on deck over delicacies from the galley and make new contacts here and there.

Are you interested in the presentation documents? Then please click on the relevant documents:

Obligation to record time

Troublemakers in the team