Graduated in Law by the University of Freiburg/Alemanha – 1988

Junior Barrister at the court of Waldshut – 1988/1991

Employee of the juridical department of Treuhandanstalt – 1992/1997

PhD em Comercial Law-1997

Lawyer in Mannheim and Berlin 1997-2000

Publications in juridical magazine NZG-1999/2000

Associate and Director of a foreign trade company in Brazil – 2001/2005

Employee of Trade Point Viracopos – 2005-2007

Founder of Hess Advocacia – 2008

Languages: German, Portuguese and English