Born 1979; 2002 B.A. (Oxford University); 2003 LL.M. (Harvard Law School); 2007 Dr.jur. (Bamberg); 2015 S.J.D. (Harvard Law School); 2016 Habilitation (Regensburg); Professor of Private Law, European Legal History, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Kiel (Germany); Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig.