Stephan Altenburg
Partner
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Creating competitive frameworks is one of the most exciting challenges in employment law consulting – and extremely rewarding!
Stephan Altenburg advises and represents companies in all aspects of individual and collective employment law. His focus is on supporting strategic workforce planning, including restructuring projects, and operational implementation. He negotiates with works councils and trade unions and, where necessary, represents corporate interests before all German labor courts, regional labor courts, and the Federal Labor Court. Another key area is advising on all employment law compliance matters. He is also a sought-after advisor to executive and supervisory boards of publicly listed companies. Stephan Altenburg has more than 30 years of experience in employment law.
- Commercial apprenticeship
- Law studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
- 1997 to 2002 Attorney at SKW Schwarz, Partner from 2000
- Since 2000 Specialist Attorney for Employment Law
- 2002 to 2008 Partner at Heuking
- 2009 to 2025 Partner at ALTENBURG Employment Law Specialists
- Since 2025 back at SKW Schwarz
JUVE Handbuch
- "Technically on point" (competitor), "often recommended" (2024/2025)
- "Very experienced" (competitor) (2023/2024)
- "Experienced employment lawyer," "excellent negotiator" (competitor) (2022/2023)
- "Technically very good, competent" (competitor) (2021/2022)
- "Experienced employment lawyer" (competitor) (2020/2021)
- "Experienced employment lawyer" (competitor) (2019/2020)
- "Excellent in national and international employment law" (competitor) (2018/2019)
- "Incredibly good," "experienced employment lawyer" (competitor) (2017/2018)
- "Excellent knowledge of the media and IT industry," "highly recommended" (competitor) (2016/2017)
- "Professional, true team player," "Altenburg is a success story" (competitor) (2015/2016)
- "Competent, committed, comprehensive know-how" (competitor) (2014/2015)
- "Practical, realistic advice" (client), "professional and a true team player, excellent expertise including in advising media and IT companies" (competitor) (2013/2014)
- "Highly specialized, excellently fast in analysis" (2011/2012)
- "Highly specialized and excellent in analysis" (2010/2011)
- "Highly valued by competitors" (2009/2010)
- "Great expertise" (client), "excellently qualified, pragmatic, fast" (competitor) (2007/2008)
- "High expertise" (client) (2006/2007)
- "Business understanding and high legal advisory quality" (client) (2005/2006)
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands BESTE Anwälte/Best Lawyers® in Germany
- Listed for Employment Law 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Listed for Occupational Pension Schemes 20252025
- „Lawyer of the Year“ for Employment Law 2020
WirtschaftsWoche
- TOP Lawyer for Employment Law 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
The Legal 500 Deutschland
- Recommended lawyer for Employment Law (2024)
- „Very competent“ (2017)
The European Legal 500 (US Special Edition)
- „Clients appreciate the ‘highly dynamic and incredibly quick’ Stephan Altenburg, and feel that the firm ‘never leaves us alone with tricky decisions’, praising the team’s ‘dedication, availability and reliability’. […] A hallmark of the practice is its ‘service-oriented approach’“ (2009)
- „The ‘outstanding’ Munich-based Stephan Altenburg is praised by many clients.“ (2008)
Chambers Germany 2025
- Recommended lawyer for Employment Law
Leaders League 2025
- Recommended lawyer for Employment Law
Since 2016 Lecturer in Employment Law at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.
- Münchener Anwalts-Handbuch Arbeitsrecht (Hrsg. Moll/Eckhoff/Reufels), 1. bis 6. Auflage, Verlag C. H. Beck
- Stichwortkommentar Arbeitsrecht (Hrsg. Grobys/Panzer-Heemeier), 1. bis 4. Auflage, Nomos-Verlag
- Handbuch Filmrecht (Hrsg. Schwarz), 4. bis 6. Auflage, Verlag C. H. Beck
- Münchener Vertragshandbuch, Band 6: Bürgerliches Recht II (Hrsg. Herrler), 8. Auflage, Verlag C. H. Beck
- Streitwert und Kosten im Arbeitsrecht (Tschöpe/Ziemann/Altenburg), Verlag C. H. Beck
- Durchbrechung des Verbots der Privatnutzung betrieblicher TK-Einrichtungen durch Art. 9 Abs. 3 GG?, Kommunikation & Recht, K&R 2006, 322
- Die Verwertbarkeit mitbestimmungswidrig erlangter Beweismittel im Zivilprozess, NJW 2006, 469
- Der Vorausverzicht auf den Abfindungsanspruch aus § 1a KSchG, NZA 2006, 71
- Betriebliche Aspekte der Telekommunikation am Arbeitsplatz, MMR 2005, 222
- Telekommunikation am Arbeitsplatz, MMR 2005, 135
- Der Widerspruch des Arbeitnehmers beim umwandlungsbedingten Betriebsübergang und seine Folgen, NZA 2005, 15
- Lexikon der Betriebswirtschaft (Hrsg. Lück), 6. Auflage, Oldenbourg Verlag (arbeitsrechtliche Stichwörter)
- Die Auswirkungen der Schuldrechtsreform auf Darstellerverträge, Blickpunkt Film, 2002
- Cyberlaw (Hrsg. Schwerdtfeger), Gabler-Verlag 1999
- Denkavit und die Folgen – Die Auslegung des europäischen Steuerrechts durch den EuGH, IStR 1997, 289