2025
ISMS Auditor - ISO 27001:2022
Information Security Management System auditor certification.
Credentials
Qualifications & Credentials
Attorney at Law
LL.M. (IP)
DPO
CIPP-E
AI Officer & AI Governance Professional
Compliance Officer
Information Security Officer
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
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Bar admission & academic education
Attorney at Law (Rechtsanwalt)
Admitted to the German Bar - in practice since June 2005.
Specialized Lawyer (Fachanwalt)
“Corporate and Commercial Law.”
LL.M. - Intellectual Property Law
University of Düsseldorf (graded excellent).
Second Legal State Examination
North Rhine-Westphalia - major: European Community Law.
First Legal State Examination
Rhineland-Palatinate - major: European Community Law.
Special Education - Intellectual Property Law
ITM, University of Münster.
Erasmus - European Community & Competition Law
Lund University, Sweden (excellent with distinction).
Special Education - Anglo-American Law
University of Trier.
Law School
University of Trier.
Privacy, compliance & audit certifications
- 2025
Information Security Officer
TÜV-certified Information Security Officer. - 2024
AI Officer & AI Governance Professional (AIGP)
IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals. - 2020
Data Protection Officer - DSB
TÜV-certified Data Protection Officer. - 2018
CIPP/E
Certified International Privacy Professional / Europe – IAPP. - 2016
Certified Compliance Officer
University of Augsburg.
Further qualifications & thought leadership
- KI & GRC in der Praxis – Diligent (03/2026)
- IAPP Danube Joint KnowledgeNet (12/2024)
- IAPP KnowledgeNet Stuttgart (07/2024)
- Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen (07/2024)
- AI IP Europe 2022
- 5th World Legal AI Summit 2022
- EPIC Summit 2022
- 7-part Praxisleitfaden Data Act
- Data Act – Switching of Data Processing Services
- Bitkom Praxisleitfaden “KI & Datenschutz”
- 5G Automotive Association Award (2017)
- Huawei ERI “Handshake & Coordination Award” (2017)
- Huawei ERC “Best Practice Award” (2015)
- Bitkom Privacy & AI advisory groups
- Bitkom “global third-country data transfer” task force
- DESCA Core Group – V3 Model Consortium Agreement
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