Senior legal expertise precisely when you need it — without full-time commitment.
When your legal leadership is absent or you need Legal Leadership quickly, I step in seamlessly as General Counsel — with full accountability, ready to deploy immediately.
As former GC at OSRAM (MDAX, 30,000+ employees), Süd-Chemie (€1.2bn revenue), PharmaLex and Senior Legal Counsel at BMW, I know the complexity of international legal departments from direct experience.
With well over 50 completed transactions on both sides of the table, I guide your M&A processes — domestically or internationally — with the depth that complex deals require. From initial review through to integration.
Compliance is not a bureaucratic exercise — it is a competitive advantage. I build frameworks that genuinely work and take on the interim CCO role as required.
At Süd-Chemie I rolled out the compliance organisation globally. At OSRAM, Compliance reported directly to me as GC. At PharmaLex I built and fully owned international compliance structures as General Counsel & CCO in a highly regulated PE portfolio company.
Legal departments face the greatest transformation in decades. AI, new working models and increasing cost pressure require genuine transformation — not just new software.
As Head of IP at OSRAM, I was responsible for a global IP portfolio of more than 17,000 individual IP rights — patents, trademarks and licences — both strategically and operationally. A particular focus was IP litigation in the United States — especially in the field of semiconductor and LED technology — on both plaintiff and defendant side. I was already involved in US patent litigation at Süd-Chemie as GC.
Complex litigation requires more than good lawyers — it requires strategic leadership. At OSRAM, I was responsible for all significant legal disputes and acted as the key contact at board and supervisory board level: patent disputes, product liability claims, US class actions. I help clients manage litigation strategically and lead their external counsel effectively.
Reach out. I listen, ask the right questions — and tell you honestly whether and how I can help.
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