Born 1970 in Berlin (West). Studied Law and History at the University of Bonn, Germany (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität) and the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Further legal education at the Landgericht (Higher Regional Court) in Cologne, with internships at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague and Division for Humanitarian Law of the Australian Red Cross Victoria in Melbourne.
Ph.d. in law at the University of Bonn with a dissertation on the history of international law in 2008. Lawyer since 2004, originally in Cologne, in Berlin since 2008.
Awarded specialist qualifications, Fachanwalt für Strafrecht 2011, Fachanwalt für Migrationsrecht 2018.
