Curriculum Vitae
Professional
Since 1992 Professor of comparative Commercial Law and Corporate Law in Europe, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Department of Business Studies
Establishment of my own private practice as tax consultant and chartered accountant:
Regular appointments as arbitrator in cases of corporate law, determination of costs / pricing, appraisal of enterprises,
Court expert
1987 to 1992 Audit manager of the Internal Audit Department of the Fried.Krupp GmbH, Essen (now, after two mergers: Thyssen Krupp Hoesch AG).
1982 to 1987 Audit Assistant and auditor with PwC Price Waterhouse Coopers (then: Coopers & Lybrand), Essen.
1980 to 1982 Legal adviser to the Secretary of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Kingdom of Morocco
1978 to 1980 Assistant Professor to the Chair of International Business Law of Cologne University, Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Boeckstiegel
Working languages are German, English and French
Studies
1992 Admission to the Chamber of Chartered Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer)
1987 Admission to the Chamber of Tax Consultants (Steuerberaterkammer)
1983 Doctor of Laws Degree of Cologne University
1980 to 1992 Member of the Bar
1976 to 1978: Articles of clerkship at Cologne Court of Appeal
1968 to 1976 Studies of Business and Law at the Universities of Hamburg, Bochum and Cologne
Memberships
Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer
DIS - Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtswesen (German Institution for Arbitration)
DHH - German Off Shore Sailing Association "Hansa"