Diplôme d’études approfondies (DEA) of the law faculty Panthéon-Assas, Paris
Admitted: 1994
Languages
German, French, English
Special activities
- Work in a Paris law firm (1994-1996)
- Lecturer and research assistent at the Institut de Droit Comparé de Paris (1996-1998)
Memberships
International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
Deutsch-Französische Juristenvereinigung
Publications / Lectures
ENGLISH
German maintenance law in the framwork of European legislation – Conference on European Family Law in practice of the European lawyers – Organised by the Polish bar, the law faculty of Lodz and the European Association of Lawyers, Lodz, Poland 2 September 2016
Surrogacy in domestic and international context from the German point of view, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (iaml), Surrogacy Sypmposium, London, 18 – 19 May 2015
The European Succession Regulation – Implications on family law, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (iaml), European Chapter Meeting, Seville 26 March 2015
The optional Franco-German matrimonial regime, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (iaml) European Chapter Meeting, Salzburg, 25 May 2013
GERMAN
Appeals and appeals on a point of law in family proceedings in Vorwerk – Das Prozessformularbuch, Dr. Otto Schmidt, 12th edition [2024] (since the 9th edition [2010])
French family law in Nomos annotated civil code (volume 4) – family law – 4th edition [2021], (since the 2nd ed. [2010])
The optional Franco-German matrimonial property regime of participation in accrued gains in Nomos annotated civil code (volume 4) – family law – 4th edition [2021] (since the 3rd edition [2014])
Matrimonial property regimes and pension rights adjustment in the context of international divorces – Conference on international family law of the working group family law of the German Bar Association, Berlin, 24 February 2018
The termination of the German default MPR in case of divorce or death and pension rights adjustment in case of divorce in the perspective of the new EU Regulations on MPR’s n° 2016/1103 and Succession° 650/2012 – Conference of the Academy of European Law on Property regimes of international couples and the law of Succession – The New EU Regulations on (Matrimonial) Property Regimes and succession, Academy of European Law (ERA), Trier 9 March 2017
Should German family law provide for an alternative to marriage modeled on the French civil solitarity pact (PACS)? – Taking mutual responsibilites as a couple and beyond – Which institutions do we need? – Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berlin 7 November 2014
The termination of matrimonial property regime due to divorce or death in Suiss-German relationships from the German point of view : conflict of jurisdictions, applicable law, conditions and procedures for recognition and declaration of enforceability of Suiss decisions and protective mesures in Germany, Conference on international matrimonial law, organised by the Institute of Law and Juridical Practice of St. Gallen University, Zurich, Switzerland, 13 November 2013
The optional Franco-German matrimonial property regime – Annual conference on European family law of the Acadmy of European Law (ERA), Treves, Germany, 26 September 2013
Maintenance obligations in France in FPR (continued under the name NZFam) March 2013, p. 75-83
Divorce France / Germany – 5th European forum of the Colognian association of lawyers, Cologne, 15 November 2012
International and European instruments in transition in International Enforcement Of Maintenance Obligations, Nomos [2011]
The new maintenance law, Haufe [2008]
FRENCH
German matrimonial regimes in a nutshell – AJ Famille, Dalloz, December 2017, n° 12, p 620 ss.
German divorce law in a nutshell – AJ Famille, Dalloz, November 2015, n° 11, p 570 ss.
Cross-border proceedings // Workshop on Brussels IIA Regulation // A Franco-German divorce organised by the Court of Appeal of Rennes, the local representive of the European Juridical Network in civil and commercial matters in cooperation with the faculty of law in Rennes, the French National School for the Judiciary and the Lawyers School of Western France, Rennes, France, 17 October 2014
The German default matrimonial property regime – The liquidation of matrimonial regimes – Commission Ouverte Euro-Méditerranée Parisian Chamber Chamber of Lawyers, Paris, 22 February 2013
Introduction in international divorce – workshop within the 9th annual forum on family law of the umbrella organisation of the French Chambers of Lawyers, Paris, 24 / 25 January 2013
The German perspective – Parental responsability and European law – Commission Ouverte Family law, Parisian Chamber of Lawyers, Paris, 28 April 2011