Key activities
- Roman Law (Succession Law, Civil Procedure Law)
- Modern German and European Law (Tenancy Law, Property Law)
- International Civil Procedure Law
Werdegang
University Education
| 1991-1996 | Law, University of Bonn and University of Tübingen (First State Examination) |
Graduation / Academic Degrees
| 2004 | Habilitation in Law, University of Bonn (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst) |
| 1998 | Dr. jur. in Law, University of Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst) |
Work Experience
| 2015, 2013-2014 and 2010-2011 | Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Trier |
| 2014 | MacCormick Fellow at the University of Edinburgh |
| 2006 and 2008 | Visiting Lecturer at the Sino-German Institute of Law in Nanjing |
| since 2005 | Professor of Law, University of Trier (private law, Roman law, newer history of private law, German and international civil procedure law) |
| 2002-2005 | Assistant Lecturer in Law (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst), University of Bonn |
| 1999-2002 | Assistant Lecturer in Law (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ernst), University of Tübingen |
| 1997-1999 | Legal Trainee (Rechtsreferendar) at the Regional Court in Tübingen, Judicial Extern at US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco |
| 1996-1997 | Doctoral Scholarship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |