The combination of both areas of expertise is the ideal basis for my expert work: I speak “both languages”, namely those of the legal user and those of the capital market and banking practitioner.
Profile
23 YEARS EXPERIENCE
My many years of experience as an expert is based on extensive experience as a practitioner in the banking and stock exchange business as well as on intensive legal consideration of the subject areas.
Education / Teaching
Legal and economic studies in Tübingen and Heidelberg
First and Second German Law Examination
Legal doctorate in the field of banking and stock exchange law
Five-year scientific teaching at the Law Faculty of the University of Heidelberg
Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Finance and Financial Markets (until 2008)
Recognized author in the field of banking and stock exchange economics and law
Professional Practice
Seventeen years of leadership positions in the financial service industry, were as:
Two years as director of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DTB, then EUREX)
Eight years as CEO of the Austrian Derivatives Exchange and the Vienna Stock Exchange (OETOB and WB)
Seven years managing director of IT and consulting company for financial service providers
Admitted to the bar in 1988
Sworn Expert
Single (case by case) sworn expert on financial and capital market since 1993
Generally sworn and court-certified expert for financial and capital market since 2007 (Commercial Court Vienna Austria)
Expert for securities investments, investments and private financial planning, in particular derivatives since 2008 (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, IHK Rhein-Neckar Germany)
Expert for financial and capital markets at the International Criminal Court in The Hague / Netherlands since 2012 (ICC The Hague / Netherlands)