Professional Experience
Since 2011
Notary in Hamburg in partnership with Notary Dr Till Kleinstück
Depositary of the files of the retired Notary Dr Adam Freiherr von Kottwitz
2010
to 2011
Administrator of the office of the retired Notary Dr Adam Freiherr von Kottwitz
2008
to 2010
Managing Director of the Hamburg Chamber of Notaries
2007
to 2011
Candidate Notary in Hamburg
2004
to 2007
Attorney-at-Law with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg (Real Estate Practice Group)
Legal Training
2005
Award of the degree of Doctor of Legal Science (Dr. jur.) from Hamburg University School of Law
2001
to 2003
Legal clerkship with the Hanseatic Court of Appeals in Hamburg with practical training in Hamburg and London
2000
Research assistant at the Institute for Public International Law of Göttingen University School of Law (with Prof. Dr. Georg Nolte)
1993
to 1999
Legal studies at Göttingen University School of Law and at Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France)
Language Skills
German, English, French
Professional Experience
Since 2005
Notary in Hamburg, initially in partnership with Notary Dr Adam Freiherr von Kottwitz (until 2010) and then
with his successor in office, Notary Dr Marcus Reski (since 2010)
2000
to 2005
Candidate Notary in Hamburg
1995
to 2000
Attorney-at-Law with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg (Corporate Law Practice Group). In 1999, eleven-month secondment as in-house counsel with Global Crossing (a US-based glass fibre cable infrastructure company) in Huizen near Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
1992
to 1994
Research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Civil Law and Civil Procedure,
University of Munich School of Law (with Prof. Dr. Peter Schlosser)
1991
Foreign Associate with the law firm Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now: WilmerHale) in Washington, D.C.
Legal Training
1992
to 1995
Legal clerkship in the district of the Munich Court of Appeals, including practical training with law firms
in Munich, Paris and New York
1994
Award of the degree of Doctor in Legal Science (Dr. jur.) from the University of Munich School of Law
1990
to 1991
LLM studies at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
1984
to 1990
Legal studies at the Universities of Mainz, Geneva (Switzerland) and Munich School of Law
Language Skills
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
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