Career

Studies at the Universities of Freiburg and Paris. Clerk at the regional court in Freiburg. Academic position at the Institute for Business Law at the University of Freiburg. Attorney active in the areas of property and construction law since 1994. Employed at the law firm HFK Rechtsanwälte since 1998, partner since 2000 and associate since the beginning of 2004.

Areas of Practice

• Notary
• Private construction law
• Real estate law
• Builder law

Expertise

• Advising of contractors in all the project development phases from conception, to planning, to implementation and finally to the sale of the property and in all relevant legal areas focusing on private law (private construction law, architect law,  real estate law).
• Preparation and structuring of complex problem sets, working out conflict avoidance strategies and conflict solutions.
• Several years of experience working on legal project teams, including leading them.
• Drafting of all contracts needed for project development, including leading contract negotiations.
• Expert assessment activities.
• Steering complex court disputes.

Publications

• Co-author Heiermann/Franke/Knipp, Handbuch Baubegleitende Rechtsberatung, Beck Verlag München, 2002
• Co-author Franke/Zanner/Kemper/Knipp/Laub, Die Immobilie, Werner Verlag Düsseldorf, 2004
• Various specialized articles in construction law journals.