Tatjana Serbina

Tatjana Serbina, LL.M.

Associate
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Biography

Tatjana Serbina is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Berlin office and a member of the German Labor Law Practice Group. She spent her legal traineeship in the jurisdiction of the Higher Regional Court of Brandenburg and passed her Second State Exam in 2018. Prior to this, Tatjana  studied law in Germany (Heidelberg, Berlin) and Spain (Bilbao) and graduated from law school in 2015. She also studied law at the Queen Mary University of London, where Tatjana obtained her LL.M. degree in 2019. During the LL.M. she focused on Computer & Communications Law. 

Practice Focus

Tatjana advises companies on all labor and employment law-related matters, such as terminations and drafting employment contracts. She also counsels companies on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and works council issues. Tatjana also represents companies in labor court proceedings in Germany.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Berlin) - Member of the "Skilled Labor and Labor Market" Committee
  • Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung e.V. - Member
  • djb – Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. - Member
  • EAD – ELSA Alumni Deutschland e.V. - Member

Admissions

  • Germany (2019)

Education

  • Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht (Attorney Specializing in Labor and Employment Law) (2024)
  • Queen Mary University of London (LL.M.) (2019)
  • Higher Regional Court Brandenburg (Second State Exam) (2018)
  • University of Heidelberg, Free University of Berlin (First State Exam) (2015)
  • Universidad de Deusto (2011)

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Ukrainian

Previous Offices

  • Chicago
  • Author, "Sonderkündigungsschutz des Datenschutzbeauftragten am Maßstab des Unionsrechts und des nationalen Verfassungsrechts", Kommentar zu BAG, Urteil vom 25.08.2022, 2 AZR 225/20, Der Betrieb (DB) 2023, DB1429839
  • Author, "Anfechtbarkeit einer Betriebsratswahl", Kommentar zu LAG Nürnberg, Beschluss vom 07.03.2022, 1 TaBV 23/21, Der Betrieb (DB) 2022, p. 2094
  • Co-author (with Anna Stepanowa), "Ukrainisches Arbeitsrecht unter Kriegsrecht", Aufsatz, Ukraine-Krieg und Recht (UKuR) 2022, 142
  • Author, "Anfechtung einer Betriebsratswahl wegen zu umfassender Angaben im Stimmzettel", Kommentar zu BAG, Beschluss vom 16.09.2020, 7 ABR 30/19, Der Betrieb (DB) 2021, p. 515
  • Co-author (with Matthias Köhler), "Sonderkündigungsschutz des Datenschutzbeauftragten: Sind § 38 Abs. 1 und 2 i.V.m. § 6 Abs. 4 Satz 2 BDSG europarechtskonform?", Kommentar zu BAG, Vorlagebeschluss vom 30.07.2020, 2 AZR 225/20 (A), Der Betrieb (DB) 2020, p. 2752
  • Co-author (with Alexander Wolff), "Zutrittsrecht einer im Betrieb vertretenen Gewerkschaft zu Personalversammlung", Kommentar zu LAG Berlin-Brandenburg, Beschluss vom 19.09.2017, 7 TaBV 91/17, Der Betrieb (DB) 2018, DB1267314
  • Author, "Legal Opinion on Video Monitoring on Fishing Vessels with Special Focus on Other Comparable Cases", Our Fish, March 2019