Personal Information
- Born on 21 April 1949 in Münster/Westphalia
- Studied law at the University of Bielefeld
- First bar exam in 1975
- Graduate assistant at the Department of Tax and Business Law of the University of Bielefeld from 1975 to 1978
- Legal trainee at the District Court of Bielefeld from 1975 to 1978
- Second bar exam in 1978
- Graduate assistant at the Department of Tax and Business Law of the University of Bielefeld from 1978 to 1981
- Awarded a doctorate in law (Dr. jur.) in 1981
- Became a member of the bar in 1981
- Was appointed a notary public in 2000
- Head of working groups in the field of contract design for legal trainees at the District Court of Bielefeld from 2004 to 2008
- Honorary judge at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Notary Public Department) since 2005
- Specialist lawyer for Succession Law since 2006
- Joined the law firm in 2010
Focus
All tasks and duties of a notary public, such as
- Purchase agreements for developed and undeveloped land
- Hereditary building right agreements
- Purchase agreements for condos and part ownership
- Agreements and concepts for projected, new building areas
- Declarations of condominium for establishing condominium and part ownership
- Donation agreements
- Transfer of real property to children or close relatives
- Last wills and testamentary agreements
- Prenuptial and civil union agreements
- Company succession agreements
- Articles of incorporation
- Applications for a certificate of inheritance after the passing of the testator
- All filings with registers, such as the Commercial Register, the Register of Associations, Partnership Register, Register of Cooperatives etc.
- Health care proxies and living wills
Contract design, especially in the field of
- Real property law
- Residential property law
- Corporate law
- Inheritance law
Inheritance law
Preventive consulting and support as notary public as well as representation as legal counsel, in particular
- Interpretation of last wills and testamentary agreements
- Establishment of the right of succession
- Enforcement of the claims of an heir or legatee
- Enforcement of claims to a compulsory portion
- Execution of wills
- Legal counseling on how to prepare a last will and/or testamentary agreement
- Legal representation in proceedings for the issue of an inheritance certificate before local courts, district courts and higher regional courts
- Legal representation in court proceedings before local courts, district courts and higher regional courts
Publications
- Europarecht und Gesellschaftsteuer, Eine Untersuchung zur Vereinbarung des deutschen Rechts mit der EG-Richtlinie über die Gesellschaftssteuer [Law of the European Communities and corporate tax law - a study on how to reconcile German law with the EC Directive on Corporate Taxation], Dissertation 1981
- Das Gesetz zur Änderung zwangsvollstreckungsrechtlicher Vorschriften [The law on how to amend the provisions under the foreclosure law], NJW 1979, 905-909
Memberships
- Notarrechtliche Vereinigung [Notary Law Association]
- Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV) [German Bar Association]
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Erbrecht im DAV [Inheritance law working group within the DAV]
- Juristische Gesellschaft Ostwestfalen-Lippe [Law Society of Eastern Westphalia/Lippe]
- Forum Erbrecht e.V. [German Forum on Inheritance Law]
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Erbrecht und Vermögensnachfolge (DVEV) [German Association for Inheritance Law and Property Succession]
