Academic Career:

Born in Hamburg. – Doctorate: Hamburg (1972). Senior Research Fellow (Head of the South East Europe Unit) 1976-2010. Member Civil Law Forum for South East Europe since April 2099. Many activities as advisor for legislative and other projects in the region.

Festschrift “„Private Law Reform in South East Europe“ (2010). Dr. jur. h. c. Sv. Kliment Ohridski Universität Sofia (2011).