Attorney-at-Law and partner with Baker & McKenzie, Frankfurt
Current activity
Professional focus
- German and international arbitration
- business contract law
- interllectual property law, in particular patent and trademark
- US law
Areas of law
My career
- 1990: First State Exam, University Mannheim
- 1991-1992: Research and teaching assistant, University Mannheim
- 1993: Second State Exam
- 1993: Bar-Admission as Attorney-at-Law in Frankfurt
- 1994: Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University
- 1995: Doctorate, University Mannheim
Arbitration experience
As counsel: Numerous proceedings: ICC, DIS, ad hoc. Subject-matter of arbitral proceedings: General contract and warranty law, Disputes arising from acquisition agreements, shareholder disputes, franchise agreements
Publications
- Performing Rights Societies under German and European Competition Law, Frankfurt, 1996, awarded the Heinrich-Hubmann-Prize by Verwertungsgesellschaft VG Wort
- Combating Illegal Parallel Imports under the New German Trademark Act, GRUR 1996, S. 383 ff.
- Case note to the Federal Supreme Court's Decision on the Status of Senders' Transmission Reports
- ICCLR 1996, C-103
- "No More Miles & More?" German Brief 1999, volume no. 11
- Product Piracy - European and National Rights for Seizures of Counterfeits, VPP Newsletter
Languages
- German
- English
- Spanish
Memberships
- DIS
- German Association for Intellectual Property Rights and Copyrights