Training
1979 to 1981: Vocational training as a bank clerk
1981: Began studying law at the University of Bayreuth
1986: Completed his law degree at Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
1986 to 1989: Legal traineeship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein
Curriculum Vitae
a lawyer employed at the law firm Hoffmann-Fölkersamb, Kiel, since 1990
Partner at the law firm Hoffmann-Fölkersamb Johansson & Partner, Kiel, since 1994
Partner at the law firm Geiersberger Glas in Rostock since 2001
Other activities
Chair of the Specialist Committee on Agricultural Law at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Bar Association
Chair of the Technical Committee on Agricultural Law at the German Society for Agricultural Law (DGAR)
Member of the DLG Working Group on Agricultural Law
Permanent teaching post
German Lawyers’ Academy for the specialist lawyer training course in agricultural law
Training Institute for the Tax Consultancy Profession in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania e.V. – for the course to prepare for the tax adviser examination
OSV (East German Savings Banks Association) on the subject of business succession
Co-author
Munich Handbook for Lawyers on Agricultural Law, C.H. Beck Publishers
Agricultural Law, edited by Düsing and Martinez, C.H. Beck-Verlag
HLBS Commentary on Land Lease Law, HLBS Verlag
Editorial team of *Agrar- und Umweltrecht* (AUR) for the area of civil agricultural law
Editorial Advisory Board for *Agrarbetrieb* (AgrB) at HLBS Verlag