• Commercial and Company Law, M&A
• General Business and Contract Law
• Property Law
• Liability Law (Notary, Public Accountant, Tax Advisor)
• Insurance Law
• Banking Law, Procurement Law
• Insolvency Law

Studied law at the University of Constance and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

1992 Dr. iur. at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Thesis: “Die Wirtschaftsförderung in den neuen Bundesländern – Rechtsgrundlagen und Praxis unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des EG-Beihilfenrechts” (promoting the economy in the new German federal states – legislation and practice, taking special account of EC laws on state aid).

Second State Examination in Law in 1993.

Admission as lawyer (“Rechtsanwalt”) in 1994.

Additional qualification:
Degree in applied administrative sciences (Dipl. Verwaltungswirt)

Languages:
German, English

Memberships:

• Working Group on Company Law of the German Bar Association (DAV)
• Public Procurement Association (Forum Vergabe e.V.)
• Real Estate Economy Research Association (Gesellschaft für Immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung e.V.)
• German Institution of Arbitration (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (DIS))