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Dr. Natalie Hahn
With over twenty years of experience in employment law, Dr. Natalie Hahn supports companies, executives, and public institutions in navigating complex employment law challenges. Her mission: ensure legal certainty, preserve room for maneuver, and enable confident decision-making.
Mit über zwanzig Jahren Erfahrung im Arbeitsrecht begleitet Dr. Natalie Hahn Unternehmen, Führungskräfte und öffentliche Institutionen bei der Umsetzung komplexer arbeitsrechtlicher Herausforderungen.
Expertise
- Works constitution law and strategic guidance in negotiations with works councils
- Employment litigation at both company and executive level
- Restructuring, outsourcing, and transfers of undertakings
- Labor criminal law (wage and social dumping, employment of foreign nationals, postings)
- Specialized advice for former state-owned enterprises during complex restructuring
Education and Professional Qualifications
- Partner at leading Vienna business law firms 2017 – 2024
- Lawyer at renowned Vienna business law firms 2007 – 2017
- Admitted to the Austrian Bar in 2007
- Associate at leading Vienna business law firms 2003 – 2007
- Bar exam in 2005
- Doctor of Law (“www and the internet in the context of general meetings of public limited companies,”with distinction) 2002
- Judicial clerkship in 2003
- In-house legal counsel at Allianz AG 2001 – 2002
- Law studies at the University of Vienna, Master of Law 2001
Publications
- Hahn in Sports in Times of Corona, in Wallentin (ed.), Focus on Sports – Law, Volume 2 Media and Law(2022)
- Hahn/Pfitzner (née Loidolt), Termination of Employment Contracts with 3G and Vaccine Refusers, Journal of Health Law(2021)
- Hahn/Pfitzner, Vacation and celebrations in Times of Corona, in: ARD 6707/5/2020
- Hahn, Reclaiming Advance Payments, Training Magazine(2020)
- Hahn, Works Council from the Employer’s perspective, Linde Verlag (2020)
- Hahn, Handling compensation claims upon contract termination and general employment Iissues for executives, in Geiger, Huber, Sindelar (eds.), Handbook on Executive Compensation, Manz (2019)
- Hahn, Compensation for Works Council Members, Training Magazine(2019)
- Hahn, Romantic Relationships in the workplace, Training Magazine(2019)
- Hahn, Works Councils – Employee Representatives with executive pay, ARD 6679/5/2019
- Hahn, Changes to the Car Policy, in: Training Magazine(2018)
- Hahn, Transition to bonus systems, ARD 6589/4/2018
- Hahn, Sports in Employment Law, in Wallentin (ed.), Focus on Sports – Law, Media and Law(2017)
- Hahn, Employee Monitoring via “Keylogger” – Limits set by the German Federal Labour Court, ARD 6577/5/2017
- Hahn, Are Employees obliged to take exams?, ARD 6566/3/2017
- Hahn, Whistleblowing – Is Works Council approval required?, ARD 6526/5/2016
- Hahn, Disciplinary Dismissals: Works Council Veto Rights? Reasons under the Employee Act not applicable to Workers?, RdW 2016/91
- Hahn, Overlapping reasons for incapacity to Work, ARD 6434/6/2015
- Hahn, Key Clauses in Employment Contracts, ARD 6395/7/2014
- Hahn, Justified absence from work, ARD 6425/5/2014
- Hahn, Corporate Governance and Director’s Duties, Austrian Chapter, Practical Law, in: Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/13
- Seitz, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Governance(2011)
- Seitz, Transfer of direct pension commitments to a pension Fund, ZAS 2007, 134
- Seitz, www and the Internet in the Context of General Meetings of Public Companies, Verlag Österreich (2003)
Rankings
Juve 2026: Führende Namen im Arbeitsrecht
Chambers: seit 2020 in Chambers Band 3
Legal 500 2026: Next Generation Partner
Leaders League 2026: highly recommended
Lexology 2026: Recommended