Prof. Dr. Martina Hesse

Department of Cooperative Studies
Professorship for Law
Specialist area: Business
Professor

T: +49 (0)30 30877-2408
F: +49 (0)30 30877-2019
E: martina.hesse@hwr-berlin.de

Visitor's address
Lichtenberg Campus
Building 5
Room 52019
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin

Postal address
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Lichtenberg Campus
Faculty 2
Building 5
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin
Germany

Academic and Professional Career

• Studied Law at the University of Münster and completed the state examination for lawyers
• Doctorate (Dr. jur.) from the University of Leipzig
• 1992: Schmid & Partner (law firm), San Francisco, USA
• 1993-1999: In-company lawyer
• Since 1994: Deputy Managing Director of German Printing and Media Industries Federation, Wiesbaden – responsible for the federation in Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt

International contacts (e. g.)

• Subject committee for Business at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (BSEL)
• Committee for research and young academics

Key Aspects in Teaching

• Employment law, German Civil Code I and II
• Commercial and company law
• Competition law
• Code of Civil Procedure

Research Projects and Fields

• Anti-discrimination legislation

Planned projects

• The publication Digirecht - legal issues concerning digital services
• Dissertation: Arbitration and conciliation on pay and conditions in the print industry