Universities of Lausanne and Munich (Dr. iur.)
Scholarships of, inter alia, German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Bavarian State Scholarship Foundation (Bayerische Begabtenförderung) and Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank (Doctorate Trainee Program)
Admitted as Attorney at Law (Rechtsanwalt) (1992) and Certified Tax Consultant (Steuerberater) (1996)
1992–1993: Dissmann Orth
1994–2000: Peters, Schönberger & Partner
Since 2001: Dissmann Orth