Admitted to the bar in New York since 1993 (Attorney at Law)
Admitted to the Austrian bar since 1998
Languages:
- German
- English
Education:
- University of Innsbruck Doctor of Laws since 1996
- University of Chicago
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) since 1992
- Research Assistant at the Department of Commercial and Securities Law, University of Innsbruck from 1990 to 1991
- Fulbright Scholar in 1992
- Legal clerkship at Innsbruck District Court and Innsbruck Regional Court from 1992 to 1993/li>
- Diploma in European Law in 1995
- Certified Postgraduate Program University Vienna “Forum Kunstrecht” (Forum Art Law) from 2016 to 2017
- Certified Data Protection Officer
- Certified Value-based Engineering Ambassador (VBE-A) – ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-7000
Teaching and Lecturing:
- Lecturer of the courses of studies for “Business Management and Law” and “Tourism” at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI, www.mci.edu)
- Lecturer for the Tyrol Ski Instructors’ Association (Tiroler Schilehrerverband) (www.tslv.at)
- Lecturer at the Institute for Economic Promotion of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Wifi) of Tyrol, Export Workshop and Export Day
Awards:
- Franz-Gschnitzer Award of the University of Innsbruck in 1997
- Walther-Kastner Award of the Association of Austrian Banks and Bankers in 1997
Memberships:
- German Association for Distribution Law
- Munich Antitrust Law Forum
- Association for Antitrust Studies (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.)
- Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA), www.galalaw.com
- German Lawyers’ Association DAV (Sections Information Technology and International Legal Transactions)
- Research Association Art & Law (Forschungsgesellschaft Kunst & Recht)
- Institute for Art and Law (Institut für Kunst und Recht IfKuR e.V.)
- German Society of Law and Informatics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik, DGRI)
- Scientific Interest Group for Information Law (Wissenschaftliche Interessensgemeinschaft für Informationsrecht, IT-Law.at)
- Comparative Law Association (Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung)