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Profession and Position • Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), admitted to the German Bar in 1994 • Partner under the German Partnership Act • CPEA Certified Private Equity Analyst (TUM/BVK) • Certified Turnaround and Restructuring Advisor (BRSI) Practice Areas • Corporate Finance (ECM and DCM) • Venture Capital/Private Equity • Reorganizations Education and Professional Experience • University of Munich and George-Washington University, Washington D.C., USA (LL.M.) and European University Institute, Florence • Formerly an academic member of staff at the Institute for Public International Law of the University of Munich, under Prof. Dr. Bruno Simma Relevant Experience • 25 years of experience in advising international VC-Funds such as Accel, Balderton/Benchmark Capital, Lake Street Capital, Princeville Global, Star Ventures and T-Venture: • Advised several German Tech Companies on their IPOs on foreign stock exchanges such as NASDAQ (Ixos AG), AIM (Incat plc) and SWIX (Graffinity AG) • Former and Current Clients include Accel, Berlin Capital Fund, Benchmark/Balderton Capital, EMBL Ventures, J.A.Y Square, Munich Venture Partners, ProSiebenSat1 Ventures, Pontis Capital, T-Venture Memberships • International Bar Association (IBA), German-Italian Lawyers Association (DIJV), Association of German Corporate Lawyers (VGR), TMA Germany e.V., Wirtschaftsbeirat Bayern e. V. Languages • German, English, Italian, French, Spanish Publications • Publications on, inter alia, Corporate Law, Capital Markets Law and Tax Law