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  Studies: 
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 1965 - 1969 
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 Law studies at Göttingen and Bonn Universities; 
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 1974 - 1975 
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 University of Chicago Law School, LL.M. August 1975; 
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 1979 
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 certified translator and interpreter for English; 
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  Referendar 
(legal trainee):  | 
  1970 - 1974 
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 Professional 
experience:  | 
 1975 - 1978 
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 associate with Peltzer & Riesenkampff, attorneys at law,  
Frankfurt/Main (now: CMS Hasche Sigle); 
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 1979 - 1985 
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 Partner of Hoffmann, Raeschke-Kessler, Liebs, 
attorneys at law, Düsseldorf (now Hoffmann Liebs); 
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 2006 
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 Honorary professor at the Law School of the University of Cologne; 
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 2008 - 2022 
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 Boardmember DIS (German ArbitrÂation Institute ) 
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 1986 - 2024 
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 Rechtsanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof (member of the bar of  
the German Federal Court of Justice); 
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 Working languages:  
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 German, English, French, good knowledge of Italian. 
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