• Attorney-at-law
  • Mediator
  • Partner

Key areas of expertise

  • Private construction law, construction insurance law, condominium law, brokerage law
  • Conflict management, mediation, construction-related moderation, arbitration

Qualifications

  • Construction and business mediator
  • Specialist lawyer for construction and architect law

Education and professional career

  • Legal studies at the Universities of Göttingen and Hannover
  • Lawyer (admitted to the Bar since 1984)
  • Founder of a law firm in Kassel
  • Partner at Hecker, Werner, Himmelreich, Leipzig and Berlin (1992 – 04/2021)
  • Business mediator Akademie von Hertel, Hamburg (03/2009 – 06/2011)
  • Partner at May und Partner (since 5/2021)

Languages

  • German
  • English

Memberships

  • Vorstand des Verbandes MKBauImm Mediation und Konfliktmanagement in der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft e.V. (member of the board of the Association MKBauImm Mediation and Conflict Management in Construction and Real Estate Business)
  • ARGE Baurecht im DAV e.V.

Lecturing

  • Lecturer at May Akademie GmbH
  • Lecturer at Akademie der Immobilienwirtschaft (ADI)
  • Lecturer on topics relating to dispute mediation, moderation, cooperation and communication with the main focus on the construction and real estate industry

Publications

  • Co-author Werner/Pastor „Der Bauprozess“, 17. Auflage -„IV. Der Einsatz von Güterichtern, Mediatoren, Schlichtern, Schiedsgutachtern, Schiedsgerichten oder Adjudikatoren zur Klärung von Baustreitigkeiten“- .