Drawing the blueprints for legal functions that operate like business units.
With over 20 years of legal leadership across Europe and the Middle East, I specialise in the intersection of global corporate strategy and complex regulatory environments.
As a senior executive within a multi-billion-euro global healthcare group, my mandate extends beyond legal counsel into corporate architecture for parts of the Group's international footprint — currently leading Corporate & International Legal Affairs and reporting to the Group General Counsel, with whom I help co-drive the evolution of our legal function into a high-impact global business partner.
My approach rests on three pillars: fiduciary leadership as a supervisory board member and co-general manager of investment and holding entities; global transformation, having pioneered the Group's Legal Operations framework; and strategic execution, aligning legal strategy with Finance, M&A, and ESG goals.
I believe today's legal leaders must be business leaders first — and I write, teach, and speak regularly on legal innovation, governance, and the shift toward proactive, value-based legal leadership.
Supervisory board member for an international Group affiliate; co-general manager of investment and holding entities, with direct fiduciary responsibility across jurisdictions.
Global legal strategy and corporate architecture, reporting to the Group General Counsel; leading a team of 10 across four European jurisdictions and advising C-suite functions on ESG and enterprise milestones.
Led a Europe-based legal team across global business units; pioneered Legal Intake & Matter Management, contract automation, KPI dashboards, legal spend management, and AI-assisted legal tooling.
Advised business units across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas on transactions and restructuring; chaired the MECOMED legal working group and contributed to APACMED's compliance group.
From trainee to Head of the Dubai office, advising on corporate structuring, multi-jurisdictional M&A and a €4bn restructuring; trusted counsel to the Dutch, Austrian and German embassies in the Gulf.
Law degree, Martin Luther University Halle; Second State Examination, Ministry of Justice Saxony-Anhalt; Erasmus certificate in European economic and banking law, University of Zurich.
Supervisory board service and co-general management of investment and holding entities — fiduciary oversight, risk governance, and protecting enterprise value across jurisdictions.
Pioneering Legal Intake & Matter Management, contract automation, KPI dashboards, legal spend management, and AI-assisted tooling — scaling legal functions for complexity.
Bridging boardroom vision and operational reality — aligning legal strategy with Finance, M&A, and ESG goals so the legal function acts as a catalyst for growth.
On legal innovation, AI in legal, digital transformation, global legal strategy, and the future of in-house counsel — for conferences, summits, and corporate offsites.
On distribution law, AI in legal practice, and legal operations — for business schools, in-house academies, and professional training programmes.
On legal operations, governance, contract automation, and the data-driven legal department — for handbooks, industry publications, and editorial features.
Independent advisory conversations on legal operations transformation, contract automation and AI adoption, legal spend management, and supervisory board or governance matters.
"Professionalism, excellent execution, and a high level of attentiveness to the business and the bottom line."
"A very capable lawyer with a direct link to his business units, leading in IT knowledge and well placed for the legal department challenges ahead."
"A business-oriented legal expert, always in search of the best business results, secured by the right legal setting."