Law studies, University of Cologne

1988
Scientific assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hübner

1989 – 1992
Legal clerkship in the higher regional court Cologne district
Scientific assistant at BLD

1990
Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hübner, University of Cologne

1992 – 1997 
Lawyer at Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund
(now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
 
1995
Secondment at Herbert Smith, London

1997 – 2003
Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

2004 – 2008
Partner at Jehle Láng Meier-Rudolph, Freiburg

since 2008
Lawyer at BLD

since 2010
Partner at BLD