Clarity over convention.
Structure over spectacle.
Progress over stagnation.
SOFT LAUNCH - Start in September 2025
As an experienced lawyer with many years of in-house work in start-ups and scale-ups, as well as around 14 years in international law firms in Basel, Zurich and Munich, I offer support from an entrepreneurial perspective.
I support clients in strategic negotiations, transactions and complex contract projects – drawing on the experience of a law firm partner and the perspective of a general counsel. I speak the language of management, legal, IT and sales. Where needed, I bring in experienced specialists to complement my team. I offer innovative fee models that reflect the value I add and are easy to budget.
Preparation of companies for financing rounds and exits, lead in the implementation of complex processes with a legal background, also as external "General Counsel light"
Internal due diligence, gap analysis and risk management, preparation and implementation of project plans in coordination with management, investors and supervisory bodies
Coordination of the strategy, objectives and implementation of the specific project (financing round, exit, merger, integration, other)
Legal project management and coordination with management and specialist departments
Managing complex projects (e.g. DORA, ISO 27001), needs analyses and contract negotiations, hand in hand with the finance, sales or other internal team (e.g. SAP, Salesforce)
Post-Closing & Integration
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Design and planning of integration measures, for example following a merger, acquisition or spin-off; implementation in close cooperation with specialist departments; reporting with progress-based KPIs.
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Adaptation of contracts, corporate governance issues and employment relationships following a transaction.
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Implementation of compliance requirements, design and implementation of compliance uplift programs, monitoring and management of guarantees (representations & warranties) from transaction contracts, introduction of management systems (compliance management systems, ISMS - information security management systems, risk management systems), analysis and implementation of resulting adjustments together with the affected departments (e.g. HR, IT, Finance).
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Focus: Bring implementation into the company and anchor it culturally .
Corporate Governance & Structuring
Supporting founders in professionalizing their structures .
Supporting entrepreneurs in challenging situations when setting up and expanding their business
Advice and support for shareholders in investment management and in the preparation and follow-up of shareholders' meetings or general meetings from their perspective .
Digitization & Sample Libraries
Development of digital contract libraries (HR, Sales, Finance, Data Protection, Governance, Compliance) in three stages:
light (legally reviewed templates with individual explanations and advice)
professional (legally reviewed templates with short checklists, with individual explanations and advice)
customized (legally reviewed templates with detailed playbook, with individual explanations and advice)
Upon request, I offer a generally understandable visual presentation and interdisciplinary structuring of complex legal projects such as mergers , integrations , spin-offs , restructurings , or structural adjustments to meet the requirements of a financing round. I work with a variety of operational tools such as RACI matrices, Excel spreadsheets, ticket systems such as Jira, Confluence, and various DMSs, both on Mac and PC.
Data protection, compliance and AI
I offer practical GDPR advice that focuses on what is really necessary and what can be dispensed with.
I am also happy to help with the development of lean, company-oriented compliance systems, including training and risk analysis, and with the development of appropriate internal guidelines for the responsible and sensible use of artificial intelligence in the company.
I have specialist knowledge in the following topics:
Compliance for insurance intermediary models
Compliance and data protection in software development
International legal issues and cross-border legal advice
I offer multilingual legal advice (German, English, French, and Swiss German) with a cross-border network focused on Switzerland, the EU, and cross-border cooperation. Admitted to the Swiss bar in addition to my German bar, I can advise directly at the German/Swiss interface . I am also happy to assist clients in finding suitable lawyers in France, Austria, Poland, and Croatia .
Workshops & training
I am happy to offer workshops and training courses on topics including:
Technology & Law : M&A, SAP, ISO 27001, Cyber Security
Founding & Finance : Taxes, investor questions
Personal & Leadership: Resilience, Communication in Crises
Depending on the needs and focus, I involve partners from my network.
Impulse page on the topic of "AI and Ethics"
Artificial intelligence is not a tool, but a mirror – and challenges us to rethink responsibility.
What we see in it – or refuse to recognize – will shape our society.
AI is not a topic for specialists alone. It affects us all: politically, culturally, legally, and philosophically. Therefore, a broad, interdisciplinary discourse is needed – beyond buzzwords and apocalypticism.
Technology doesn't define what's possible and desirable—we do that . Or we don't. Then others do it—in our name.
This site collects perspectives that help us see things more clearly: wise voices, uncomfortable questions, new ways of thinking.
Impulse page on the topic "Europe - where are you?!"
Europe needs more than rules – it needs direction, courage and the ability to understand itself again.
Between geopolitical devaluation and internal disorientation, the European idea is in danger of disappearing – not through a big bang, but through indifference.
Much is at stake: our political self-determination, our cultural substance, our model of freedom. Europe must not remain a technocratic project. It must be retold – with curiosity, with intellectual acuity, and with the courage to embrace dissent.
This website seeks voices that want to not merely administer Europe, but rethink it. It seeks inspiration for a future that is not based on a copy of the past—but on a genuine understanding of what Europe could be.
If you or your company identify with any of these topics, I look forward to speaking with you.