• Studied at Freien Universität Berlin • Trainee in the judicial service in Berlin and Chicago • 1989 to 1993 academic assistant at Freien Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Detlef Leenen (privat law) • Admission to the bar in 1993 • Partner at HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte since 1996 • Professor at the Hochschule für Recht (HWR Berlin) since 2012