Validation in service layer (SpringBoot)

I have a DTO which is validated at Controller layer with a mix of BeanValidation (javax.validation) and a custom Validator (org.springframework.validation.Validator). This way I can check if the input provided is valid and then convert the DTO in an entity and forward it to the Service layer.

    @Data
    public class UserDTO {

            @NotBlank
            @Size(max = 25)
            private String name;

            @NotNull
            private Date birthday;

            @NotNull
            private Date startDate;

            private Date endDate;

            private Long count;

    }

    public class UserDTOValidator implements Validator {
        private static final String START_DATE= "startDate";
        private static final String END_DATE= "endDate";

        @Override
        public boolean supports(Class<?> clazz) {
            return UserDTO.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
        }
        @Override
        public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {

            UserDTO vm = (UserDTO) target;

            if (vm.getEndDate() != null) {
               if (vm.getStartDate().after(vm.getEndDate())) {
                errors.rejectValue(START_DATE, ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.toString(), ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.description());
               }

               if (vm.getEndDate().equals(vm.getStartDate()) || vm.getEndDate().before(vm.getStartDate())) {
                errors.rejectValue(END_DATE, ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.toString(), ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT.description());
               }
            }
            .....

        }

    }


public class UserController {
    @InitBinder
    protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
        binder.addValidators(new UserDTOValidator());
    }
    @PostMapping()
    public ResponseEntity<UserDTO> create(@RequestBody @Valid UserDTO userDTO) {
       .....
    }
    .....
}

Then there is the business logic validation. For example: the @Entity User's startDate must be after some event occurred and the count has to be greater than some X if the last created User's birthDay is in Summer, in other case, the entity should be discarded by the User service.

@Service
@Transactional
public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService {
    @Autowired
    private UserRepository userRepository;

    @Autowired
    private SomeEventService someEventService ;

    @Override
    public User create(User entity) {
        String error = this.validateUser(entity);
        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(error)) {
            throw new ValidationException(error);
        }

        return this.userRepository.save(entity);
    }
    ....
    private String validateUser(User entity) {
        SomeEvent someEvent = this.someEventService.get(entity.getName()); 
        if (entity.getStartDate().before(someEvent.getDate())) {
            return "startDate";
        }
        User lastUser = this.userRepository.findLast();
        ....
    }

}

However I feel like this is not the best approach to handle business logic validation. What should I do? ConstraintValidator/HibernateValidator/JPA Event listeners? Can they work at @Entity class level or I have to create X of them for each different field check? How do you guys do it in a real production application?