EDUCATION
1996-2000 Studies of Law at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel
2000 First State Examination in Law, University of Kiel
2000-2001 Studies of Business Administration and Business English, University of Applied Sciences in Kiel
2002-2004 Legal clerkship (Referendariat) in various media-related institutions and firms
2004 Second State Examination in Law, Hamburg
2008 Certified Attorney (Fachanwalt) for Intellectual Property Law, Hamburg Bar Association
2008 Received Ph.D. for thesis "Copyright Prosecution in the Information Society"


PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
1997-2000 Editor of a political youth magazine
1998-1999 Computer network administrator at Medical School of Kiel University
2000-2003 Freelance translator for technical and literary content
since 2004 Attorney at Unverzagt von Have


AREAS OF PRACTICE
Trademark law, advertising law, copyright law, IT law, media law


FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English


TEACHING POSITIONS
Visiting lecturer for intellectual property and entertainment law at
University of Bremen,
Bauhaus University Weimar,
Institute of Communications (Akademie für Publizistik, AfP) Hamburg


MEMBER OF
INTA International Trademark Association