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)