Training
1989: three-month work placement in London
1989 to 1991: Reserve officer cadet in Gebirgsjägerbataillon 231 in Bad Reichenhall
From 1991, studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich
1996 State Examination
1997: Legal traineeship in the jurisdiction of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein, including a placement lasting several months in Vancouver, Canada
1999 Assessor’s Examination
Curriculum Vitae
a lawyer in Rostock since 1999
Partner at the law firm Geiersberger Glas since 2003
other activities
President of the German Society for Agricultural Law (DGAR) from 2015 to 2024
Managing Director of the Association of Family-Run Agricultural and Forestry Businesses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania e.V.
Member of the Supervisory Board of Itzehoer Versicherung / Brandgilde von 1691 VVaG
Member of the Supervisory Board of Itzehoer Lebensversicherungs-AG
Member of the Supervisory Board of Nordsaat Holding GmbH
permanent lecturing post
German Lawyers’ Academy for the specialist lawyer training course in agricultural law
German Agricultural Society (DLG) and its trainee programme
Co-author of the
Munich Handbook for Lawyers on Agricultural Law, C.H. Beck Publishers
HLBS Commentary on Land Lease Law, HLBS Verlag
