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Sachka Stefanova-Behlert, LL.M. (UC Berkeley)
Sachka Stefanova-Behlert, LL.M. (UC Berkeley)

Sachka Stefanova-Behlert, LL.M. (UC Berkeley)

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Sachka is a member of Employment, Pensions & Mobility Practice Group. With over 15 years of experience, Sachka is a seasoned employment lawyer with a unique blend of in-house and law firm experience. Prior to joining Taylor Wessing, Sachka served as Global Head of Employment Law at Delivery Hero Group for nearly three years, where she oversaw employment matters both at the headquarters and globally for the Delivery Hero Group companies.

Sachka brings extensive international experience, having previously practiced employment law at leading international firms in Berlin and New York. She advises clients on all aspects of employment and labor law in both national and international contexts, with a particular expertise in Global Mobility matters as well as global restructuring projects. Another focus of hers is the optimization of HR processes in the context of compliance requirements alongside the use of IT-based solutions.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
Employment
Global mobility
Implementation of business models
Start-up advice
Immigration & mobility
Employment disputes
HR Data

Sectors

Logistics & transport
Technology, media & communications

CV

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Global Head of Employment Law, Director, Delivery Hero SE
2015 - 2021 Attorney, Senior Manager, KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Berlin
2012 - 2015 Attorney, Associate , Ogletree Deakins International LLP, Berlin
2010 - 2012 Attorney, Associate, SALANS LLP (now: Dentons Europe LLP), Berlin & New York City
1998 - 2005 Chief Executive Office, German Association of the United Nations (DGVN e.V.), Berlin-Brandenburg Branch
2003 - 2007 Vice President, German Association of the United Nations (DGVN e.V.), Berlin-Brandenburg Branch
2019 - 2020 Certification: Law and Technology, LL.M. Program, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, USA
2018 Certified Attorney for Employment Law in Germany
2010 Admitted to the Bar, Berlin, Germany
2010 Second state examination in Law, Joint Examination Office in Law of the Länder Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany
2007 First state examination in Law
2007 Diplom-Juristin, Major: Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2005 Fox International Fellow Major: International Law and Political Science, Yale University, USA
2001 Germany Diplom-Politologin (MA equivalent), Major: Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
1998 - 1999 International Exchange Graduate Student Major: Political Science and Canadian Law, York University, Toronto Canada

Career

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Global Head of Employment Law, Director, Delivery Hero SE
2015 - 2021 Attorney, Senior Manager, KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Berlin
2012 - 2015 Attorney, Associate , Ogletree Deakins International LLP, Berlin
2010 - 2012 Attorney, Associate, SALANS LLP (now: Dentons Europe LLP), Berlin & New York City
1998 - 2005 Chief Executive Office, German Association of the United Nations (DGVN e.V.), Berlin-Brandenburg Branch
2003 - 2007 Vice President, German Association of the United Nations (DGVN e.V.), Berlin-Brandenburg Branch

Education

2019 - 2020 Certification: Law and Technology, LL.M. Program, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, USA
2018 Certified Attorney for Employment Law in Germany
2010 Admitted to the Bar, Berlin, Germany
2010 Second state examination in Law, Joint Examination Office in Law of the Länder Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany
2007 First state examination in Law
2007 Diplom-Juristin, Major: Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2005 Fox International Fellow Major: International Law and Political Science, Yale University, USA
2001 Germany Diplom-Politologin (MA equivalent), Major: Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
1998 - 1999 International Exchange Graduate Student Major: Political Science and Canadian Law, York University, Toronto Canada

Publications

Remote Work im Ausland nur mit klarem Regelwerk, in: Human Resources Manager vom 23.10.2024

Bloß nicht persönlich werden, wenn es um Daten geht, Interview mit Christoph Neuschäffer, in: In-House Counsel, Nr. 3/2024

Arbeitsrecht in der Praxis: Das Sabbatical als Chance für Mitarbeiter und Unternehmen, in: Unternehmensjurist, Nr. 2/2024 (zusammen mit Dr. Annett Haberland)

Weltweites Arbeiten – Ein Konzept mit vielen Gesichtern, in: Unternehmensjurist, Nr. 6/2023 (zusammen mit Natascha Davidovic)

Auskunft über Arbeitsentgelte, in: Unternehmensjurist, Nr. 2/2023 (zusammen mit Jens Helbich)

Lieferketten: Die Umsetzung des Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetzes in der Unternehmenspraxis, in: BAU-Zeitschrift, Nr. 11-12, Dezember 2022

Remote Working im Ausland – die neue Freiheit?, in: BAU-Zeitschrift, Nr.04, Mai 2022

COVID-19. Was hat sich im Rahmen der Fürsorgepflicht des Arbeitgebers verändert? International SOS Foundation, June 2021/March 2022 (zusammen mit Silvester Siegmann et al.)

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on posted workers: the new posting framework, Robert Schumann Foundation, European Issue No 591, April 2021

Equal Pay: Entsendungen werden teuer, in: Börsen-Zeitung vom 1. Oktober 2020. 

Equal Pay bei Entsendungen innerhalb der EU, in: FAZ Online vom 4. August 2020

Entsendungen: EuGH sieht nicht alle Dienstleistungen im Ausland von der Entsenderichtlinie erfasst, in: EFAR-Beiträge, 02/2020 

Entsendung von Mitarbeitern: Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und Neues von den Behörden, in: EFAR-Beiträge, 10/2019

Entsendung von Mitarbeitern innerhalb Europas: Neues aus Brüssel, in: EFAR-Beiträge, 5/2019

International Assignments in Light of the Revised Posting of Workers Directive, in: Labor Law Magazine, 4/2017

Aspects of Employee Leasing in International Assignments. Recent Challenges and Successful Management: The Inbound Perspective, in: Labor Law Magazine, 1/2017

Germany’s First National Minimum Wage Law Will Take Effect on January 1, 2015, in: Ogletree Deakins Blog Post, December 2014

Employment Law and HR issues in M&A, in: Acquisition International, January 2013

Managing a multinational workforce in the 21st century, in: PLC Multi-Jurisdictional Guide, 2012/13

"Die Formalia können abschrecken", Interview: in Financial Times Deutschland, January 2012

The international perspective on employee competition: casting new light on an old problem, in: PLC Multi-Jurisdictional Guide, 2011/12, Vol. 1, Labour & Employee Benefits

Das anwendbare Recht bei grenzüberschreitender Berufstätigkeit. Besprechung des EuGH-Urteils vom 15.03.2011 – C 29/10 (Koelzsch), in: Arbeitsrecht Newsletter, June 2010

Junge Mitarbeiter/Mitarbeiterinnen gesucht – Zum Gebot der neutralen Stellenausschreibung nach AGG, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, September 2010

Rationalität durch Verfahren in der Europäischen Union. Gemeinwohlorientierte Entscheidungen in den Verfahren der Normung technischer Güter und der Zulassung von Arzneimitteln, Nomos-Verlag: Baden-Baden 2005 (mit Thomas Gehring et al.)

Memberships & Associations

German Bar Association

German Canadian Association (DKG e.V.)

German Association of the United Nations (DGVN e.V.)

Berkeley Global Society (BGS)

Additional languages

English Bulgarian

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How to successfully manage working from anywhere? | Remote Work Around the World #1

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