Law degree in Mannheim, Heidelberg and Grenoble/France
Admission to the bar 1994
1994 to 1999 law firm Rittershaus, Mannheim
PhD 1998 University for Administrative Sciences, Speyer
since 2000 law firm Dr. Christian Herbert and Harald Zeman
since 2004 managing partner M3 Marathon Mannheim Marketing GmbH & Co. KG, Mannheim, organiser of sport events, in particular SRH Dämmer Marathon Mannheim and GELITA Trail Marathon Heidelberg
since 2016 also in the law firm Gréus
Specialist attorney for administrative law since 1998
Attorney for commercial and company law since 2015
Attorney for international business law since 2017
Publications
2005 Ambush Marketing: A presentation from an economic and legal perspective (Ambush Marketing - Eine Darstellung aus ökonomischer und juristischer Sicht), together with Mr Prof. Michael Dinkel, FH Heidelberg
2010 Compliance in Live Communication: How decision takers in companies can protect themselves against criminal law risks (Compliance in der Live-Kommunikation: Wie sich Entscheider in Unternehmen vor strafrechtlichen Risiken schützen können)
Foreign languages
French
English
Memberships
German-French Lawyers Association
ISLA International Sport Lawyers Association
Working Committee on Sports Law in the German Attorneys Association
Working Committee on Administrative Law in the German Attorneys Association
Forum Specialist Attorneys for Construction and Architect Law Rhine Neckar Metropolitan Region
Focus
Company law
Drafting articles of association and start-up consulting for all corporations and partnerships (AG, GmbH/UG, KG and GmbH & Co. KG)
Preparing and staging shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings (invi-tation, agenda, support, chairing meetings)
Contracts for services with management board members and managing directors, rules of procedure
Appointing and dismissing management board members and managing directors
Company acquisitions and sales (M&A)
Transformations
Shareholder disputes
Relocating registered offices, setting up subsidiaries
Shareholder agreements
Insolvency consulting
Commercial law
GTC review (procurement terms and conditions, sales terms and conditions)
Drafting complex commercial law contracts
Joint Venture contracts
International Business Law
European customs law under the Community Customs Code
Drafting international contracts
Contracts under UN international trade law
International commercial agent contracts
Cross-border joint ventures
Conflict of laws
International civil procedural law
Suing abroad
Enforceability of German judgments abroad
International company law
Advising on the founding of European companies (S.E.)
European freedom of establishment (moving registered offices abroad)
European state aid and competition law
European cartel law
French law
Administrative Law
Advising on the drafting of development plans for large-area investment projects
Advising on legally robust application for building permits and emission control approvals for the implementation of large-area investment projects
Plant permits in the field of
Photovoltaics
Wind energy
Biomass power plants
Plants covered by the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG)
Plants covered by the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)
Large-area retailing
Gaming arcades
Energy industry law
Public-Private Partnerships
Public transportation and logistics law
Professional Driver Qualification Act (BKrFQG)
Load safety under EU regulations
Catering law permits
Advising on the application for complex special use permits for major sports events