Daniel Balzert
I always particularly enjoy it when I can transfer my enthusiasm for employment law to the participants. Employment law is real life, unvarnished, sometimes a bit rough, but always exciting, true to my motto: At home in employment law, at home in the Ruhr region.
Brief profile
Lawyer, specialist lawyer for employment law, LL.M. (Master of Law and Economics, Stockholm), founder of the law firm for employment law, experienced speaker in employment and works constitution law, among others for the bar associations of Hamm, Frankfurt, Koblenz; author in employment law journals
Main areas of work
Individual employment law for employers and employees, collective employment law, also for works and staff councils, employment law compliance
Professional experience
- 2003-2007 Legal assistant, lawyer and consultant for an employers' association
- practicing as a specialist lawyer for employment law since 2008
- 2007-2013 Head of the employment law department in a supra-local law firm in the northern Ruhr area
- 01/2014 - 10/2019 Freelance lawyer and head of the employment law department in a law firm specializing in medical, employment and criminal law in Bochum
- 11/2019 Foundation of own employment law firm
Qualification
- 1996-2001 Studied law in Bielefeld and Bochum
- 2001-2002 Master's degree in Law & Economics at the Universities of Hamburg, Ghent, Linköping and Stockholm (LL.M.) Lawyer since 2005
- Specialist lawyer for employment law since 2008
- since 2014 Speaker for labor and works constitution law at renowned training providers
- 2015 Lecturer for labor law at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration NRW
- 2016 Lecturer at FOM Essen
- Lecturer for specialist lawyer training at the bar associations of Hamm, Koblenz and Frankfurt a.M.
Working languages
- German
- English
Publications
- Althoff, L./Balzert, D. (2019): Co-determination of the works council in professional soccer. Labor Law News 24/2019
Industry knowledge
- Healthcare sector (hospitals, medical practices, medical care centers)
- Retail trade
- events
- Industry
- Professional soccer
- IT industry