Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013 2011 Arbitrator of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
2008 Board-Certified Attorney for Intellectual Property Law (Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
2007 Board-Certified Attorney for Copyright and Media Law (Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht)
1998 New York Bar Exam (Attorney-at-Law) LL.M. in Trade Regulations, New York University (NYU), USA
1997 Second State Examination in Law, Regional Court of Appeals Hamburg (legal trainee at German Embassy Singapore 1995, law clerk at Clayton Utz, Sydney, Australia 1997)
1993 - 1995 Doctoral thesis (Dr. jur., m.c.l.), Institute for German and International Civil Procedure, University of Freiburg
1994 Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, England
1993 First State Examination in Law, University of Freiburg
