Career

Studies and doctorate at the University of Kiel. Clerk at the provincial high court in Celle. Attorney since 2004. One and a half years of exceptional work in the area of real estate law for a regional mid-sized law firm in Hamburg. Member of HFK Attorneys at Law since 2005.

Areas of Practice

• Private construction law
• Commercial and residential tenancy law, residential property law
• Procurement law

Expertise 

• Advising accompanying construction in the performance and defect liability phases, including litigation for enforcing or contesting compensation and warranty claims as well as bonding claims.
• Tenancy law consulting, primarily for commercial tenants, for the implementation of repair and modernization measures, for rent increases or evictions of residential tenants including their legal enforcement.
• Representing landlords and administrators in litigation and enforcing or contesting of claims resulting from residential property law.
• Advising principles and contractors in procurement law issues relating to bidding and drafting contracts for construction projects and services.

Publications/Lecture Activities

• Die Miete auf erstes Anfordern bei Gewerberaum, ZMR 2/2008, 89
• Vertragliche Sicherheiten vs. Mängelrechte des Auftraggebers, BauR 9/2007, 1466
• Zanner/Feldhahn, VOB/B nach Ansprüchen, id Verlag Mannhein, 2. Aufl. 2006
• Mitautor in BGB-Kommentar, Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich, Luchterhand Verlag, 2. Aufl., 2007 (Kommentierung des Mietrechts, allgemeiner Teil)
• Die Störung der Geschäftsgrundlage im System des reformierten Schuldrechts, NJW 2005, 3381
• Beiträge in verschiedenen Fachzeitschriften (u. a. NJW, ZMR, WE)
• Freie Mitarbeit in der Zeitschrift für Miet- und Raumrecht (ZMR)