WORK EXPERIENCE

• May 2011 – present Deputy Director, Energy Community Secretariat, Vienna
• Oct 2007 – present Legal Counsel, Energy Community Secretariat, Vienna
• Jul 2002 – Sep 2007 Legal Secretary and Head of President’s Cabinet, EFTA Court, Luxembourg
• Jul 1996 – Jun 2002 Various positions in legal practice and academia

EDUCATION

• 2004 PhD, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2002 Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1996 First State Exam in Law, University of Constance, Germany

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Numerous book publications and articles on European law, energy law, communication law, competition and State aid law etc.
• Visiting Professor and Lecturer at several European universities, co-chairman of the Vienna Forum on European Energy Law.