Profile
Dr. Markus Kelber is a partner at ZENK.
He has specialized in labor law since the beginning of his legal career and, out of conviction, has never been tied to one side. He represents employers as well as employees and works councils because, in his view, one can only provide sound advice if one understands every side of the issue. Advising medium-sized employers – particularly on structuring legally compliant business operations – has always been a key focus of his practice.
Skills
Labor Law for Senior Executives,
Labor Law for Companies and Employers,
Service Contract Law,
Labor Law for Employees,
Collective Labor Law
About
Dr. Markus Kelber, born in Munich in 1965, studied law at the University of Regensburg in 1987 after completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter. He also worked there as a research assistant.
Dr. Markus Kelber has been a lawyer in Berlin since 1996. He initially worked for an employers’ association and subsequently at the regional mid-sized law firm Danckert Böx Meier. In 1998, he earned his doctorate in constitutional law under Prof. Dr. Udo Steiner in Regensburg with a dissertation titled “Limits of the Scope of Responsibilities of Professional Chambers.” He has been a certified specialist in labor law since 1999.
Dr. Markus Kelber has been an attorney at ZENK since 2002.
Since 2006, Dr. Markus Kelber has focused intensively on the intersection of employment contract law and civil service contract law, and thus on the specific aspects of the law governing executives, particularly managing directors and board members. His clients benefit from his more than twenty years of litigation experience, especially in contentious disputes. For this reason, he is now in high demand nationwide.
JUVE states: “Zenk partner Kelber is known above all as a lawyer for executives.”
Dr. Markus Kelber is a member of the “Labor Law” working group within the German Bar Association.
In addition, he is, among other things, a co-author of the handbook *Legal Status of Executives in Companies* and contributes to the NOMOS Keyword Commentary on Labor Law (commentary on the sections “Managing Directors” and “Executive Board Members”).
Awards
Recognized by Best Lawyers 2027 / Handelsblatt Ranking 2026 “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the fields of Employment and Labor Law and Employee Benefits Law
Languages
Geerman, English
Publications
Das Corona-Virus II: Wer trägt das Entgeltrisiko, 03/2020
Das Corona-Virus I: Handlungsmöglichkeiten und -pflichten für Unternehmen, 03/2020
Der Kündigungsschutz des besonderen Vertreters nach § 30 BGBNZA 2013, S. 988 ff.
Rechtsstellung der Führungskräfte im Unternehmen
Neues Arbeitsrecht 2001
Memberships
Dr. Markus Kelber ist Arbeitgeber-Vertreter im Schlichtungsausschuss zur Beilegung von Streitigkeiten von Ausbildenden und Auszubildenden bei der IHK Berlin.