Curriculum

• Since March 2012: Professor for Private Law, Comparative Law, International Private and Procedural Law at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2007 - 2012: Professor for German and International Private and Economic at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
• 2006: Post-doctorate degree. Deputy professorships in Hamburg (2005/2006), Frankfurt am Main (2006/2007) and Regensburg (2007)
• 2000 - 2006: Assistant professor at the University of Bremen
• 1999 - 2000: Attorney-at -law at Gaedertz Rechtsanwälte (now: Latham & Watkins)
• 1999: Doctorate, University of Hamburg (Dr. jur.)
• 1996 - 1999: Legal clerkship. Final state examination in 1999 at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
• 1995 - 1996: LL.M. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 1988 - 1993: Studies of Law at the University of Hamburg (FB 17). First state examination in 1993, subsequently research fellow at the University of Hamburg

Research interests

• Collective Litigation in theory and Practice
• European conflict of laws and civil procedure law
• protection of Privacy in media law

Teaching

Private Law, Comparative Law and International Private and Procedural Law