- born in Hanover
- Studies in Law in Freiburg i.Br., Lausanne/ Switzerland und Heidelberg
- Legal Clerkship 〈Referendariat〉 in Düsseldorf, Köln and Montpellier, France
- admitted to practise as a lawyer since 1999
- many years of experience as Lawyer and General Counsel as well as General Manager of internationally operating entertainment companies, inter alia: Internet-Start-Up, Record Label, Music Production and Publishing as well as Live Entertainment Company
- In detail:
- 2000-2002 Head of Business & Legal Affairs, Public Propaganda Music Group AG, Düsseldorf/ Hamburg
- 2002-2004 Head of Business & Legal Affairs, PP Sales Forces Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
- 2005-2007 General Manager, Unicade Music GmbH, Munich
- 2007-2011 Head of Legal Affairs, BB Promotion GmbH, Mannheim
- since 2012: self-employed Lawyer, Cologne