Heinrich Heine University ("HHU"), Faculty of Law, Dusseldorf, Germany, 09/2004 - 02/2012
1) Degree: Postdoctoral thesis ("Habilitation", Dr. iur. Habil.)
2) Thesis title: "Principles of Collective Investments"

Executive at a Proxy Voting Firm (TON-ART AG/LAI-CON GmbH)
-Executive Manager of LAI-CON GmbH, an affiliate of TON-ART AG, responsible for 5 employees
-Created and implemented internet-based voting systems for shareholder meetings
-Organized shareholder meetings for public companies
-Secretary of the Board of TON-ART AG

Heinrich-Heine-University, Faculty of Law, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1999 - 2004
1) Degree: Doctor Juris (Summa Cum Laude) [award for best dissertation of the year]
2) Thesis: "Shareholder Information in Public Corporations", supervised by Professor Dr. Ulrich Noack, Professor Dr. Gerd Krieger
3) Disputation on "The Price of Justice - the Method of Law and Economics"

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, ON, Canada ("U of T"), 08/2003 - 08/2004
1) Degree: Master of Law (LL.M.)
2) Thesis "Explicit and Implicit System of Corporate Control"
3) President of the Graduate Law Students' Association

Provincial Cout of Dusseldorf, Germany, 11/2004 - 12/2006
1) Degree: Assessor Juris (Equivalent to Bar Exam)
2) Traineeships at Hengeler Mueller Rechtsanwälte (Germany) and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Toronto, Canada)

Heinrich-Heine-University, Faculty of Law, Düsseldorf, Germany
-Assistant Professor at Heinrich-Heine-University, Faculty of Law; on leave on a Fully Funded Research Scholarship for two years, provided by the German Research Foundation; topic: "Principles of Collective Investments/Investment Funds as Financial Intermediaries"

• LL.B. (with distinction), Dutch Law, Tilburg University.

Bachelor thesis: "Recht en Arbeid".

• LL.B. (with distinction), International and European Law, Tilburg University.

Bachelor thesis: "Sustainable development to combat global warming".

• LL.M. (Cum laude), Dutch Law, Tilurg University.

Master thesis: Accountant en Insolventie: Een verkennend rapport.
Co-authorship with Prof. Mr. Dr. Karin (A.P.K) Luttikhuis RA and published by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Registered Accountants.

Co-commentator (with U. Noack) on the European Commission's first and second consultations on the reform of shareholder rights in Europe (December 2004, July 2004) and the CESR consultation on implementing measures with respect to the Transparency Directive (January 2005)

Studies of civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, branch of study structural engineering

Diploma thesis at the Institute for Structural Engineering and Timber Construction, Prof. Wolfgang Winter
Subject: "Analysis of variants of a multi-storey residential building in conventional construction as a timber structure from a technical and economic point of view".