Education

2010 Certified Specialist Attorney for Intellectual Property Law.
2008 Dr. iur. (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf), Dissertation on the topic “Die Konzentrationsmaxime des § 145 PatG” (The Concentration Maxim of Sec. 145 Patent Act, Nomos Publishing 2009).
Since 2005 Attorney-at-law with a focus on Intellectual Property Law in several renowned commercial law firms; in own practice since 2016.
2005 Second State Examination (Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf) and admission to practice.
2003-2005 Practical legal training (“Rechtsreferendariat”) with training stages, inter alia, in the European Patent Office in Munich and in the 2nd Civil Senate of the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf (Patent Senate).
2002/03  “Master of Laws” (“LL.M.”) in Intellectual Property Law (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf).
2002 First State Examination (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg).
1995-2002 Legal Studies, Universities of Heidelberg and Newcastle upon Tyne/Great Britain.
1994/95 Military Service (Parachute Battalion 251/Parachute Brigade 25 in Calw/Schwarzwald).
1994 Abitur (German University entrance qualification).