Education and Training:

Degree in public administration and public enterprise economics
Studied jurisprudence at the University of Bochum
Attorney at Law (New York)

Professional Experience

1981–1986
Senior non-technical administrative service (Postbank Dortmund)

1985–1988
Assistant in the field of international business law (with Prof. Dr. Hohloch, Prof. Dr. Schwark)

1990–2002
Attorney with Menold & Aulinger, Partner

since 1993
Attorney with Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH

admitted as an Attorney at Law at all Municipal and Regional Courts and at all Higher Regional Courts and at all courts in the State of New York, USA

President of the Canadian-German Lawyers Association (since 1992)

Specializes in:

• National/international commercial and business law
• M&A and joint ventures
• Copyright, protection of industrial property rights
• Sales and marketing law
• National/international arbitration

Publications

• Section: "Canada" in: Süß/Wachter. Handbuch des internationalen GmbH-Rechts, 2007
• Section: "Canada" in: Ferid/Firsching, Internationales Erbrecht [International Inheritance Law], Munich 2002
• Das Durchsuchungsrecht der EG-Kommission im Kartellverfahren [Right of the EC Commission to carry out searches in antitrust matters], 1992 (dissertation)