Apprenticeship as a bank clerk

Studied business administration in Augsburg and at the University of Hagen (Dipl.-Kfm.)

Law degree from Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich

Studies abroad at the Université Paris II/Assas (Licence en droit)

First state examination in law

Master's programme at University College London (LL.M. in International Business Law)

Legal clerkship in Munich, with stays abroad in Beijing and Paris

Second state examination in law

Research assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Research assistant at the Humboldt University of Berlin

Doctorate (Dr. jur.) at the University of Hamburg

Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)

Schumpeter Fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation

Assistant Professor at the Law Department of the University of St. Gallen (HSG)

Habilitation

Professor of Civil Law, International Commercial and Corporate Law, University of Bremen

Professor of Civil Law, German and European Business Law at the Philipps University of Marburg

Visiting Fellow UC Berkeley School of Law (USA); Stanford Law School (USA)
aswell as at the European University Institute, Florenz (Italien)

Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Philipps University of Marburg

Visiting Professor, Law Department, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid

Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, Philipps University of Marburg

Founding Director of the Institute for the Law of Digitalisation (IRDi) at the Philipps University of Marburg

Global Research Fellow at the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship, New York University (NYU); research project on "Disclosing Corporate Goodness - Comparative and Functional Perspectives on Reporting and Certification Regimes".

Member of the Board of the Hessian Competence Centre for Responsible Digitalisation (ZEVEDI)

Associated Faculty of the Big Data Lab at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt

Guest Professor of Law and Economics at the Law School of the University of St. Gallen

Member of the Academic Advisory Body (AAB) of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA)

Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Law at the Philipps University of Marburg

Member of the Management Board and Deputy Head of the Hessian Competence Centre for Responsible Digitalisation (ZEVEDI)