Head of competition law department

1995 European Commission (Directorate General for Competition, stage in the Merger Task Force) 1998 court practice at the Cartel Court (Legal Assistant to the President) 1998 internship with Linklaters & Alliance (London) 1998–2002 associate with Haarmann Hemmelrath Hügel (Vienna) since 2002 associated partner with bpv Hügel since 2004 partner, head of competition law department; national and European antitrust and merger control law, representing national and international clients in antitrust and merger cases before the Austrian and European competition authorities as well as in proceedings before the European Courts

Board member of the Austrian Federation for the Protection of Intellectual Property (ÖV),  member of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (for 6 years on the Board), member of the International Bar Association, the Vienna Bar Association and the International League of Competition Law (LIDC)

Partner

University of Salzburg (1993 Mag. iur., 1997 Dr. iur.), University of Salzburg: Master in Journalism and French (1997 Mag. phil.)