Trained as "Industriekaufmann" at Siemens AG; studied and doctorate in Munich (scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes; clerkship at OLG (Regional Court of Appeals) Munich; admitted to the German bar since 1993.

Until 2007 partner at a German pan-regional law firm at their Munich office specialising in media and corporate law; from 2007 to 2011 partner of petersdorff keim Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Munich; partner of KKS Keim Kuhmann Schwerdtfeger Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since 2012.

Main areas of practice:

• Corporate Law
• General Commercial and Contract Law
• Civil Litigation
• Banking Law

Providing advice in and out of court to SMEs; representation in supervisory/advisory boards; comprehensive advice to investment companies as well as onbanking law matters.

Author of "Vertrauensschutz und Plangewährleistung im Subventionsrecht"; editor and co-author of "Fachanwaltskommentar Gesellschaftsrecht".

Foreign language: Englisch