• Law degree at the University of Bonn
• Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg with stages in particular at a boutique law firm specializing in energy law in Berlin, the German Embassy in Manila, Philippines, the Hamburg Port Authority and in the field of energy law/M&A at a major international law firm.
• Doctorate at the University of Cologne (magna cum laude)

• Attorney at law 2014

• Advising bp on the acquisition of GETEC Energie GmbH, an internationally operating energy service provider
• Advising a company in the steel industry in connection with the climate protection contracts funding programme for the decarbonization of steel production*
• Advising numerous companies in the energy-intensive industry (in particular paper, chemicals, plastics, steel) on regulatory issues in connection with energy generation, procurement and consumption, in particular in connection with the energy transition and decarbonization
• Advising numerous energy-intensive companies and energy suppliers on electricity and gas price brakes
• Representation of a company in the energy-intensive industry in energy law abuse proceedings as well as in complaint and appeal proceedings before the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court*
• Advising a leading BESS developer on all issues relating to the operation of BESS (up to 60 MW output installed), in particular grid connection, construction cost subsidies, capacity bottlenecks in the grid system and marketing strategies
• Advising a German municipal utility on the planning and construction of a PEM electrolyser to supply hydrogen buses in local public transport, in particular on all energy law issues such as the optimization of electricity procurement costs (self-supply from CHP plant) and the so-called GHG-quota (THG Quote)
• Advising a German developer of climate-neutral commercial real estate and business parks on all regulatory issues in connection with the construction and operation of electrolysers, in particular the requirements to produce green hydrogen in accordance with the criteria in RED II/III
• Advising a German Utility on the feed-in of hydrogen into the gas grid and the transfer of GoOs for hydrogen to other energy sources, in particular heat.
   

*before joining NRF

• JUVE Handbook 2023/2024 (recommended for energy law)
• JUVE Handbook 2022/2023 (“Very pleasant collaboration”)
• JUVE Handbook 2021/2022 (“affinity for technology (…) advises in energy law competently and pragmatically”)
• Legal500 Germany 2023 (“well-versed in energy tax law and in representing clients before regulatory authorities and courts”)
• Legal500 Germany 2024 (“very high level of expertise and extensive industry experience; practice-orientated and communicative”)
• Best Lawyers Germany 2025 - recognised as Best Lawyer in Energy Law
• Leaders League 2025 (recommended for energy & environment)

• Assmann/Peiffer, BeckOK EnWG, Commentary on Para. 22 subseq. Germany Energy Industry Act (EnWG), Verlag C.H.BECK, since 2021
• Baumann/Gabler/Günther, German Renewable Energies Act (EEG), Commentary on Para 3, 97-99 EEG, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020
• The risks of climate protection agreements, guest article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12 June 2023
• Liability in the Production of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs using hydraulic fracturing technologies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2016

• Member of the Dusseldorf Bar Association

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