Born in Pforzheim, Germany, July 31, 1957; admitted to the Heidelberg bar and Mannheim bar in 1990, to the Zwickau bar in 1991, to the Berlin bar in 2001.

Education:
Universities of Bayreuth, Augsburg, Lausanne, Heidelberg and Innsbruck, Dr. jur., 1989. Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Erik Jayme, Institute for Foreign and International Private and Commercial Law, University of Heidelberg, 1986-1987.

Publications:
in the fields of International Private Law, International Insolvency Law.

Languages:
German, English, French.

Practice Areas:
Corporate and Commercial Law, Law of Succession, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law.