The Frankfurt branch of C.H. Beck, employing roughly 70 staff, houses the editorial teams of major titles such as the Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA), Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht (NVwZ), Juristische Schulung (JuS) and Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR).
Prof. Dr. Klaus Weber, member of the C.H. Beck executive board, thanked Schunder for 34 years of service and said the new leadership is well placed for future challenges.
Effective 1 January 2027, Dr. Nicholas Schoch will become deputy branch manager, joining from Freshfields and focusing on artificial‑intelligence topics.
Freudenberg will retain the role of editor‑in‑chief of the NJW, Germany’s leading legal journal, while the NZA will be co‑edited by former vice‑president of the Federal Labour Court, Dr. Rüdiger Linck, together with publishing editor Jürgen Dietermann.
The NVwZ will continue under its current co‑editor, Dr. Johannes Heuschmid.