Profile

Professional career

• 09/2004 - 08/2007
  DAAD Lecturer for German Law, School of Law, University of Sheffield
• since 09/2007
  Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Professor of Law, School of Law, King's College London
• since 02/2025
  Professor of International Business Law, University of Leipzig

My research focuses on the internationalization of corporate and financial law and the role of the state and international institutions in this process, with particular emphasis on corporate and corporate insolvency law, as well as banking law and financial regulation, and the role of disruptive technologies in these areas.

For a list of current publications please go to: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1064251.

I am currently offering a range of interdisciplinary modules in English that focus on the intersection of law, technology and/or finance and economics. These modules are available for Schwerpunkte 3, 5 and 9. Going forward, I will establish a postgraduate taught programme in English for both home students and students from abroad. This will likely focus on European Business Law with the goal of developing a legal framework under which European start ups and established business can thrive.

• Seminar: Current Issues in International Commercial and Financial Law

• The Law and Regulation of Cryptoassets

• Law and Finance: Institutions, Markets, Products

• International Debt Restructuring and Corporate Insolvency Law