Lawyer since 1995, certified tax lawyer

Studied law in Cologne and Geneva, Switzerland (1992 Dr. iur.)
Joined Flick Gocke Schaumburg in 1994
Associated Partner since 2004

Co-editor of the “Zeitschrift für die Steuer- und Erbrechtspraxis" (ZErb) (Journal of Tax and Inheritance Tax Law)

Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Erbrecht und Vermögensnachfolge (German Association for Inheritance Law and Estate Planning)
Member of the Institut für Erbrecht (Institute for Inheritance Law)
Member of German-South African Lawyers Association
Member of the Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft (German Tax Law Society)
Member of Berliner Steuergespräche e.V.

Lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur  2001 – 2014
2002 – 2017 Lecturer at the University of Hamburg (MITAX Master's programme)
Guest lecturer at the Bundesfinanzakademie (German Federal Finance Academy) since 1998
Guest lecturer at the Center for Company Succession (zentUMA) of the University of Mannheim since 2003
Lecturer in the specialist consultant course International Tax Law and speaker on the topic of "International Inheritance Tax" at the Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors (Bundessteuerberaterkammer)