Frauke Schönbrunn

Rechtsanwältin at BSvH Rechtsanwälte. Employment-law specialist, formerly in-house counsel for Germany’s largest DIY retail group.

Rechtsanwältin Frauke Schönbrunn

Rechtsanwältin · Employment Law

Employment Law
Settlements & Severance
Reference Letters
Fachanwaltslehrgang Arbeitsrecht

Frauke’s entire professional life has been focused on German employment law. She advises clients across the full range of individual employment disputes, with particular strength in dismissal challenges, settlement negotiations, and reference-letter corrections.

Career

Frauke studied law at the University of Bonn. She trained in employment law throughout her academic and professional career: as a student research assistant, then trainee, then associate at Seitz Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater in Cologne — a mid-sized firm specialising in employment law for employers and employees.

During her Referendariat she completed stations at the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) and the German Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) in Berlin.

She completed the Fachanwaltslehrgang Arbeitsrecht in 2021 and has been in-house counsel in the employment-law team of Germany’s largest DIY retail group since 2023.

Vita

2011–2017
Law studies, University of Bonn
2016–2020
Student research assistant, Seitz Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, Cologne (employment-law team)
2017–2020
Referendariat with stations at the Bundeswehr and Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin
2020–2023
Associate, Seitz Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, Cologne (employment law)
2021
Fachanwaltslehrgang Arbeitsrecht (specialist course in employment law)
2023→
Syndikusrechtsanwältin (in-house counsel), Germany’s largest DIY retail group

Focus areas

Publications

  • Case note: LAG Köln, 10.09.2021 — 10 Sa 1264/20 (age discrimination in job adverts), BB 2022, 1727 (co-author).

Languages

German (native) · English (fluent, working language)