ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
AND TRAINING / ACTIVITIES
Commercial training with shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG, qualifying as ‘Schiffahrtskaufmann’

Law studies at the universities of Bonn and Hamburg

Practical training as junior lawyer in Hamburg, Lower Saxony and São Paulo

Permanent legal adviser to the shipbuilders Volkswerft GmbH, Stralsund

PRACTISING LAWYER SINCE 1993

LANGUAGES
German, English

SPECIAL FIELDS
Shipping law, transport law, labour law (including maritime labour law), company law, civil and commercial law