• Studied law in Göttingen until 1980
• Doctorate under Prof. Christian Starck, Göttingen, on freedom of information (1983)
• Legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Celle until 1985
• Admitted to the bar (1985)
• Founded the law firm (1987)
• Notary since 1996
• Specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law since 2003
• Specialist lawyer for medical law since 2006

• Forum Contracting e.V. (Advisory Board)
• Juristische Studiengesellschaft Hannover (Advisory Board)
• British-German Jurists' Association
• German Society for Statutory Health Insurance Law
• German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
• German Notarial Law Association
• Institute for Energy Law, University of Cologne
• Institute for Energy and Competition Law in Municipal Utilities
• Medical Law Committee, German Bar Association
• Notary Committee, German Bar Association

Health law

• Laboratory services in hospital emergency departments: Duties to cooperate regarding factual and arithmetical corrections, Medizinrecht 2021, 840
• The failed practice succession: A stocktaking, GesundheitsRecht 2017, 757
• Standing to challenge and the scope of assessment of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (requirement of additional authorization for safeguarding purposes) in actions against third-party dialysis authorization: Defensive competitor litigation, Medizinrecht 2015, 366
• Beck'sche Online Medical Law Forms, C.H. Beck Munich 2014, Editors: Dr. Tilmann Clausen & Dr. Wolfgang Krafczyk
• Billing issues in hospital emergency departments: Side effects and long-term consequences of the Federal Social Court ruling on emergency department practice fees, GesundheitsRecht 2014, 327
• Standing to challenge and the weighing of interests in interim relief proceedings against third-party dialysis authorization, Medizinrecht 2012, 275
• Referral fees, capitation fees, and kickbacks, ZMGR 2010, 24
• Revocation of a medical license following lengthy criminal proceedings: Can a doctor who has become unfit to practice demonstrate rehabilitation? Gesundheitsrecht 2009, 350
• Kickbacks to doctors in the criminal sphere: Professional and criminal law aspects of paid referrals, FS Volkmar Mehle 2009, 325
• The Panel Doctors’ Rights Amendment Act (VÄndG) from the perspective of criminal law, HAUT Dermatologie, Allergologie, Kosmetologie 2008, Issue 4, 179
• Group practices in the twilight zone, Medizinrecht 2003, 313
• Impact of the Medical Devices Act, Medizinrecht 1997, 49

Energy law

• Securing Ownership of Energy Generation Plants on Third-Party Land under the Law of Obligations; CuR 2017, 51
• De Facto Heat Supply Contracts: No Basis for Legal Succession; CuR 2014, 19
• Legionella Testing Obligations for Commercial Hot Water Supplies, CuR 2013, 158
• Federal Court of Justice Case Law on Invalid Price Adjustment Clauses in District Heating Contracts … To Be Continued: District Heating Customers’ Claims for Repayment, ZNER 2011, 597
• EEG Surcharge Obligations for Contractors - Including a Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice Ruling of 9 Dec 2009 - VIII ZR 35/09, CuR 2010, 8
• Federal Network Agency - Abuse Control Instead of Closed Distribution Network Privileges: The (Future) Strict Interpretation of the Law by the Federal Network Agency in Light of CJEU Case Law, EWeRK Vol. 8/4/2008

Company law

• Professional Bodies in Registration Proceedings – On the Tension Between Section 8 of the Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG) and Section 380 of the Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-contentious Jurisdiction (FamFG), Using the Example of Medical Cooperations, NZG 2014, 769
• True Value and Choice of Method - Minority Shareholder Property Rights in the Hands of the Courts - Including a Commentary on the Federal Constitutional Court Decisions of 20 Dec 2010 and 26 Apr 2011, WM 2012, 1992
• Contributions for Use in Professional Partnerships - Structuring Aids for Articles of Association, ZMGR 2012, 162
• Termination of Professional Practice Associations in the Tension Between Company Law and Contract Medical Law, FS 10 Years Working Group on Medical Law in the DAV, 755
• No Liability of the Fraudulently Deceived Share Purchaser for Outstanding Capital Contributions, GmbH-Rundschau 2006, 1038

Other

• Foreign radio broadcasts as “generally accessible sources” within the meaning of Art. 5 Section 1 Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich 1983