Main Areas of Research:

Private Law
Commercial, Corporate and Capital Market Law
Roman Law and European Legal History

Academic Career:

Born in Giessen (1980).  First Legal State Exam, State of Hesse (2003).  Legislative Consultant, Federal Ministry of Justice (2004/2005).  Magister in Legibus, Harvard Law School (2005).  Enforcement Consultant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2005).  Attorney-at-Law, State of New York (2006).  Teaching Assistant (2005/2006) and Visiting Researcher (2005–2007), Harvard Law School.  PhD (Law), University of Regensburg Law School (2008).  Second Legal State Exam, State of Hamburg (2011).  Stock Broker Exam, Stuttgart (2011).

Research Fellow at the Institute (since 2006) and Lecturer at Bucerius Law School (since 2009).