Education 

• 2016 Habilitation at the University of Bremen; venia legendi for Civil Law, Private International Law, Business Law, European Private Law and Comparative Law 
• 2005-2006 Postgraduate at the University of Oxford; Master of Studies in Legal Research (M.St. (Oxon)) (2007) 
• 2002-2005 PhD candidate at the University of Münster; PhD in Law (Dr. jur.) (2007) 
• 2000-2002 Clerkship at the Dortmund district court; Second State Exam (bar exam) (2002) 
• 1994-1998 Studies of Law in Münster; First State Exam (1998)

Positions

Since 2020 Professor of Civil Law, focusing on contract law and contract drafting, at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Prevous positions

• 2019-2020 Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg
• 2017-2020 German Notary Institute, Würzburg
• 2016-2017 Visiting Professor at the University of Münster
• 2016 Visiting Professor at the University of Mannheim
• 2015-2016 Visiting Professor at the Free University of Berlin
• 2006-2017 Senior Research Assistant at the University of Bremen
• 2002-2005 Research Assistant at the University of Münster