Studied in Munich; clerkship at Kammergericht (Court of Appeals) Berlin; doctorate in Berlin; admitted to the German bar since 1990.

Until 2006 partner of a general commercial and corporate law firm in Munich; until 2011 partner of petersdorff keim Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich; partner of KKS Keim Kuhmann Schwerdtfeger Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since 2012.

Main areas of practice:

• General commercial and contract law
• Corporate law
• Corporate transactions/M&A
• Private clients

Advising SMEs, financial investors, family offices and private individuals on corporate and investment transactions as well as investment structures; representation in supervisory/advisory boards of family-run SMEs.

Co-author of "Beck'sches Mandatshandbuch Vorstand der AG".

Foreign language: Englisch