Helene Langbein

From April 2016, I studied the subject of law, with a later focus on “German and European Labor and Social law”. I completed my studies in July 2020 with the first state exam in law. In this context, I wrote the seminar paper “Der Schutz der unternehmerischen Freiheit des nach dem MitbestG mitbestimmten Unternehmen” (The protection of the entrepreneurial freedom of the co-determined company governed by the German Co-Determination Act), which laid the foundation for my interest in employee co-determination. Since August 2020, I have been working as a research assistant at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and am doing my doctorate in European Co-Determination Law.

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Activities

Publications

Scientific publications
  • Langbein, Helene; Giesecke, Felix (2024): “Keine Nachholung des Beteiligungsverfahrens bei Einsatz einer zunächst arbeitnehmerlos gegründeten SE als Holding”, HSI-Report Nr. 2, 4-9, also published in AuR 10, 389-392.
  • Langbein, Helene (2024): “Multinational Corporations and the Blocking of Trade Unions in Germany”, In: Critical Perspectives on International Business, Special Issue: “Multinational Corporations and Grand Challenges: Part of the problem, part of the solution?”, EarlyCite: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/cpoib-02-2023-0012/full/html.
  • Langbein, Helene (2023): “The German Lieferkettensorgfaltsplichtengesetz (LkSG) – a Step Towards More Humanity in Supply Chains?”, In: Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, Dispatch No. 47.
Media and podcasts

Lectures

  • Conference on young labor law scholars “Power and powerlessness in labor law”, topic: “Power shift in the co-determination structure through European company law”, Heidelberg, 26.07.2024 - contribution in the conference proceedings expected to appear in the first quarter of 2025
  • Conference “Mergers & Acquistions in the field of tension between law and economics”, topic: “Co-determination protection in cross-border demergers - well-intentioned, poorly implemented?”, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 17.06.2024 - contribution in the conference proceedings expected to appear in Q1 2025

 

 

Teaching

  • AG zum Schuldrecht BT WS 2020/21 (2 SWS)

Subprojects

B02 Ownership of companies: The emergence and transformation of social corporate constitutions

Researcher