Professional Background

Education and Professional Career:

• 1978 First State Examination in Law

• 1979 Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Norbert Horn with the topic "The Uniform Rules of the ICC for Bank Guarantees"

• 1983 Second State Examination in Law

• 1984 SMS Schloemann-Siemag AG, Düsseldorf (international plant engineering and construction),
  last position Chief Legal Officer, Prokurist, Head of the Legal, Licensing, and Contracts Department

• 1999 Lurgi AG, Frankfurt am Main (international plant engineering and construction), Chief Legal Officer, Prokurist,
  Head of the Corporate Legal and Patents Division

• 2005 Attorney at Law at Kaye Scholer (Germany) LLP, Frankfurt am Main, until early 2007

• 2007 Opening of own law firm at Steinweg 3, Frankfurt am Main; relocation of office within Frankfurt in 2021

• 2023 Transfer of the law firm and relinquishment of the German bar admission; continued professional activity as Independent Arbitrator and Consultant, as well as Supervisory Board Member and Advisor to several family-owned companies.