EDUCATION
1995-2001
Legal studies in Freiburg i.Br., Aix-en-Provence (Diplôme en Droit
International et Communautaire) (France) and Heidelberg
2001 First State Examination in Law, University of Heidelberg
2005 Second State Examination in Law, Hamburg Court of Appeals
2005 ph.D. (Doctor Juris - Dr. jur.) from the Technical University of Dresden
in licensing law/bankrupty law
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Internships and practical legal education at Intellectual Property law firms
Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann (today: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
(Frankfurt), Gide Loyrette Nouel (Paris), Harmsen Utescher (Hamburg) and
Unverzagt von Have (Hamburg)
2005-2007 Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, practice group
Intellecutal Property and Information Technology (IP/IT), Frankfurt a.M. and
Munich
2007-2008 Senior Counsel and Senior Manager International Affairs at a patent
evaluation company (mainly as service provider for different Patent Value
Funds), Hamburg
Since 2008 attorney at Unverzagt von Have
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Patent law, licensing, laws of unfair competition,
trademark law, copyright law, press and publishing law, financing and equity
investment models (especially funds)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English, French
EXPERTISE IN FOREIGN LAW
United States, France
PUBLICATIONS
„Lizenzverträge in der Insolvenz des Lizenzgebers – unter besonderer
Berücksichtigung des Wahlrechts des Insolvenzverwalters nach § 103 Abs. 1
InsO“, ph.D. thesis, Berlin 2005
"Die IP-Biene - Ein IP-Service-Modell", in: IP Manager (Journal for the Knowledge Economy) 2009, 26 (co-author O. Hecht)
„Intellectual Property
Auctions – A Tool for Valuation of IP Rights“, in: Taxation and Valuation of
IP, BNA International Special Report 2007, 55 (co-author P. Chrocziel)
„Licensing and
Outsourcing“, in: Licensing in the Boardroom 2007, Intellectual Asset
Management (IAM) Supplement 2007, 26 (co-author P. Chrocziel); also issued in
Arab in LES Arab Countries Newsletter 45, 2007
Recension of „Der Lizenzvertrag im Recht der USA” (M. Kuß, Cologne
2005), in: Mitteillungen der deutschen Patentanwälte (Mitt.) 2006, 480
Recension of „Lizenzverträge – Formularkommentar“ (D. Pfaff / C. Osterrieth,
Munich 2004), in: Mitteillungen der deutschen Patentanwälte (Mitt.) 2008, 240
Annotation to OLG Köln Urt.
v. 14.07.2006, 6 U 224/05, in: CR 2007, 9
Annotation to BGH Urt. v.
17.11.2005, IX ZR 162/04, in: CR 2006, 153 (co-author K.-U. Plath)
Co-author of "Stellungnahme der DGRI zur
Neuregelung des § 108a InsO-E", 2007 (co-authors W. Büchner, M.
Lejeune, A. Funk and others)
MEMBER OF
GRUR (German Intellectual Property and Copyright Association), LES
(Licensing Executive Society), DGRI (German Society of Laws and IT),
DAJV (German-American Lawyers Association)