Chairman

Experience
corporate (incl. M&A), banking & finance, compliance.

Partner and member of the partnership board, Mayer Brown LLP, since 2005; partner with two national law firms in Cologne, 1989-2004; German Association of Chemical Industry, Frankfurt/Bonn, 1986-1989; judge, local court Saarbrücken, 1985-1986.

Member of the European Parliament (MEP), 1989-1994; member of the Deutscher Bundestag (MP), 1994-2009; deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, 1998-2000, 2002-2004; chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and minority leader in the House, 2000-2002.

Education
Second state law exam (bar exam), Saarbrücken, 1985; legal clerkship, OLG Saarbrücken (appellate court) and in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1982-1985; first state law examination, Düsseldorf, 1982; law studies, universities of Bonn and Marburg, 1976-1982.

Professional Activities
Chairman of the advisory board, member of the supervisory board, AXA Konzern AG, Cologne; member of the board of directors (non-executive), BASF Antwerpe, Belgium; chairman of the supervisory board, DBV Holding AG, Wiesbaden; member of the supervisory board, Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt; member of the supervisory board and chairman of the advisory board, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Düsseldorf; member of the board of directors (non-executive), Stadler Rail AG, Bussnang, Switzerland; chairman of the supervisory board, WEPA Industrieholding SE, Arnsberg.

Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke e.V., Berlin; president, Rotary Club Arnsberg (until June 2010).

German Lawyer’s Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein DAV); German-American Lawyer Association (DAJV).

Admitted
Bonn, 1986.