Vita
- Born in 1997
- Studied law at the University of Münster, specializing in international criminal law
- First State Examination in 2021
- Research assistant at the Chair of European Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Prof. Dr. Frank Zimmermann) at the University of Münster, 2021–2023
- Legal clerkship in the Hamm Higher Regional Court district, with placements in the Corporate/M&A department of an international commercial law firm and at the German Embassy in Buenos Aires from 2023 to 2025
- Awarded the degree of Dr. iur. with a dissertation in criminal law in 2025
- Admitted to the bar and began practicing law at a boutique law firm specializing in corporate law in 2026
- Joined the firm in 2026
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (DAV)
- Rechtsanwalts- und Notarverein Hannover e.V. (RAuNV)
Publications
Monographs
- Der Richtervorbehalt in Art. 31 Abs. 3 EUStA-VO, Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel des deutschen und spanischen Rechts, Schriften zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht, Nomos Verlag, Band 80, Baden-Baden 2025 (Diss. iur.)
Contributions to books
- Criminal Liability for Political Decision-Making (gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Frank Zimmermann), in: Pedro Caeiro et al. (Hrsg.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice, 2024
Essays
- Judicial Authorisation of Cross-border Investigation Measures Conducted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office: A Comment on the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Judgment in the Case C-281/22, European Criminal Law Review 2024, S. 94 – 103
Expertise
International law
Direct investment abroad
- International company acquisitions and sales
- International litigation and arbitration proceedings
Corporate law/M&A
Incorporation
- Selection of the legal form (corporate law and tax law)
- Drafting of the partnership agreement, further agreements between the partners
- German stock corporation and private company law (e.g. OHG, KG, GmbH & Co. KG, GmbH, AG, KGaA, eG)
- Foreign legal forms (e.g. Ltd, Plc, Inc., LLC)
- Voting trust, pool and consortium agreements
Life and growth of the company
- Conduction of general meetings and partners' meetings
- Growth financing, corporate finance (borrowed and own capital, cash pool, bank loans, leasing, leasing, factoring, forfaiting, asset-backed securities, mezzanine financing, bonds, bonded loans)
- Private equity companies
- Subsidiaries (foundation and acquisition, foreign subsidiaries)
- Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements (in particular control and profit and loss transfer agreements)
- Takeover of other companies (M&A)
Restructuring
- Transformation law, transformation tax law
- Consolidation, split, restructuring, contribution, merger
- International mergers and control agreements
- Support during company reorganization
Disputes within the company
- Disputes between the partners, with members of bodies and with the company
- Representation of interests out of court (in particular in partners' meetings, general meetings, supervisory board, advisory board)
- Representation of interests in court
- Arbitration (as party representative and arbitrator)
Company succession
- Structuring of family assets
- Entrepreneur's last wills
- Gifts, usufruct
- Inheritance tax law
- Foundation (charitable foundation, family foundation)
- International models
- Supervisory board, advisory board
- Execution of wills, administration of estates
Purchase and sale of companies (M&A)
- Preparation of the purchase of a company (tax optimization, bundling of the assets to be sold, separation of assets, sales brochure)
- Determination of the type of sales process (e.g. auction, sale to competitors)
- Agreements prior to due diligence (e.g. non-disclosure agreement, letter of intent)
- Preparation and execution of and support during due diligence (including installation of a(n) (electronic) data room)
- Negotiations
- Drafting of the company purchase agreement
- Purchase of a foreign company
- Purchase by a foreign purchaser
Asset planning, succession, succession law
Succession law
- Design of last wills
- Contracts of inheritance (notarial)
- Contesting a will
- Interpretation of a will
- Compulsory portion regulations
- Request for the issuance of a certificate of inheritance
Asset succession and company succession
- Succession planning
- Legal and tax succession model
- Prevention of claims for compulsory portions
- Foundation of family-owned businesses/family pools
- Establishment of foundations
- Enduring power of attorney
- Entrepreneur's last wills, testamentary and prenuptial of the entrepreneur
- Execution of wills (e.g. in case of underage heirs)