Beratungsfelder: Data protection

I studied law at the University of Tübingen [from 1992 to 1997].[von 1992 bis 1997] Impressed by the elective station in Tokyo at the end of my legal clerkship, I began studying Japanese Studies in Tübingen and Kyoto [in 1999] parallel to my dissertation project.[1999] I completed my doctorate [2002] on the topic of corporate law: “The Dimension of the Company: A Chapter in German and Japanese Legal History”. [2002]

I then remained at the University of Tübingen as a research assistant and completed my habilitation there with the thesis: “Die Fusion der Personalsicherheiten – Eine Neusystematisierung von Bürgschaft und Garantie aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive” [2009].[2009] I received a teaching license for the subjects of civil law, commercial and business law and comparative law.

This was followed by temporary professorships in Bonn, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main and Freiburg. After a first brief foray into the legal profession, I was offered a professorship for “Transcultural Studies (Social Sciences)” at the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe” at the University of Heidelberg [in 2014], which I held until the Cluster expired [at the end of 2018]. [Ende 2018] [2014]

I have been a partner at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since January 2019.

• German Society for Law and Informatics, Frankfurt a.M.
• German Society for Transportation Law, Hamburg
• German-Japanese Society, Frankfurt a.M.
• German-Japanese Lawyers’ Association, Hamburg
• German-Japanese Business Circle, Düsseldorf
• Förderverein Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe (Member of the Board)
• Society for Comparative Law, Freiburg
• Association of Civil Law Teachers

Comments

• beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR BGB, ed. by Gsell et al: §§ 1204-1272 BGB (lien) – updated quarterly, approx. 200 pp.
• beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR BGB, ed. by Gsell et al: §§ 33-54 LuftVG (third-party liability of the aircraft operator, liability of the air carrier) – updated quarterly, approx. 110 pp.
• beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR BGB, ed. by Gsell et al: Art. 46b, 46c EGBGB (Implementation of the Rome I Regulation) – updated quarterly, approx. 30 pp.
• beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht, ed. by Henssler et al: Montreal Convention (Carriage by International Air) – updated quarterly, approx. 520 pp.
• Beck’scher Online-Kommentar BGB, ed. v. Hau/Poseck: §§ 12, 823-840 BGB (tort law) and product liability law – updated quarterly, approx. 800 pp.
• Heymann, Handelsgesetzbuch, ed. von Horn et al, Volume 1, 3rd edition 2019: §§ 1-37a HGB (merchant, commercial register, company), 431 pp.

Monographs

• Allgemeiner Teil des BGB – Eine Einführung mit Fällen, 3rd edition Heidelberg (C.F. Müller) 2015, XI, 127 pp.
• Schuldrecht Allgemeiner Teil – Eine Einführung mit Fällen, 3rd edition Heidelberg (C.F. Müller), 2015, XX, 306 p.
• Schuldrecht Besonderer Teil – Eine Einführung mit Fällen, 2nd edition Heidelberg (C.F. Müller), 2016, XXV, 408 p.
• Corporate Law – An Introduction with Cases, 2nd edition Heidelberg (C.F. Müller), 2016, XVIII, 301 pp.
• Die Fusion von Bürgschaft und Garantie – Eine Neusystematisierung aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2010, XXII, 548 p. (habilitation thesis)
• Die Dimension des Unternehmens – Ein Kapitel der deutschen und japanischen Rechtsgeschichte, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2003, XIV, 403 p. (Dissertation)

Co-authorships

• COVID-19 – Legal issues relating to the Corona crisis, 3rd edition 2021, ed. v. Schmidt: Tort law, approx. 30 pages
• Introduction to Japanese Law, ed. v. Kaspar/Schön: Pre-contractual breaches of the duty of disclosure, 2018, pp. 63-80
• Laws of Korea, 2nd Annotated Edition 2015, ed. v. US-Korea Law Foundation: Co-Editor Civil and Commercial Law, ca. 30 p.

Essays (selection)

• IT contract law: Part 2 – Software development contract (waterfall method), MMR 2024, pp. 384-390
• IT Contract Law: Part 1 – Basics and General Part, MMR 2024, p. 4-21
• Traffic safety obligations (II) – Selected facts, JA 2019, p. 1-8
• The new package travel law, JA 2018, pp. 561-568
• Obligations to ensure public safety (I) – System and essential case groups, JA 2017, pp. 721-728
• Damages law – systematics and current case law, JA 2015, pp. 801-808
• Collateral Damage – Product liability claims by Korean soldiers against US “Agent Orange” manufacturers, RIW 2015, p. 169-179; abridged version published under the title: “Die Folgen von Agent Orange” in FAZ of 28.4.2015, on the Internet at http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/vietnamkrieg-die-folgen-von-agent-orange-13562135.html
• Material breach of contract and set-off according to CISG standards, NJW 2015, pp. 830-833
• The implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive in §§ 312 ff. BGB – A systematic presentation for studies and exams, JA 2014, pp. 721-730 (Part 1) and pp. 801-808 (Part 2)
• New consumer law in the German Civil Code – scope of application, information obligations and right of withdrawal for off-premises and distance contracts since June 13, 2014, ZIP 2014, pp. 1569-1575
• Presumption of fault in official liability – duty of supervision of kindergarten staff, NJW 2013, pp. 1201-1203
• Third-party effect of BSE testing obligations – official liability for incorrect release of goods not tested for BSE, NJW 2013, pp. 571-573
• Safeguarding Public Interest in Companies through Corporate Social Responsibility?, KSzW (Kölner Schrift zum Wirtschaftsrecht) 2013, pp. 106-112
• Liability for breach of pre-contractual duty of disclosure in Japan, RIW 2013, pp. 44-54
• The seller’s obligation to provide a replacement in the so-called “installation cases” – at the same time discussion of ECJ, judgment of the European Court of Justice. v. 16.6.2011 – Case C-65/09, C-87/09, ZIP 2011, p. 1493-1501
• The termination of “Internet system contracts” in accordance with. § SECTION 649 BGB, ZGS 2011, PP. 253-259
• Shareholders’ rights at the general meeting – quo vaditis?, AG 2011, pp. 362-373
• Farewell to the contrast between contracts for work and services?, ZGS 2010, pp. 460-466
• Problematic guarantee obligations in general terms and conditions, WM 2010, pp. 1677-1684
• International Corporate Governance Codes – in particular the problem of multi-voting shares, in: Assmann et al. (eds.), Markt und Staat in einer globalisierten Wirtschaft, 2010, pp. 203-225
• Representation – basic structure and recent developments, JURA 2010, pp. 351-358
• The Black Knight – Section 826 BGB in company law, AcP 2009, pp. 399-444
• From information overflow to incapacitation – Comparing German and Japanese consumer protection, Journal of Japanese Law No. 27 (2009), pp. 169-181
• Shingi seijitsu no gensoku – The principle of good faith in Japanese law of obligations, RabelsZ 2009, pp. 78-99
• Corporate social responsibility regulated by law – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) put to the test, RIW 2008, pp. 833-840
• European Corporate Governance – Actual convergence of the new codes?, ZIP 2006, pp. 162-171
• The objection shower handle – humor in law, JURA 2005, pp. 314-319
• SME promotion in European terms – New definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as of January 1, 2005, EWS 2005, p. 4-8

International School of Management, Stuttgart location (since 2022)

• Conception and supervision of the compulsory basic module “Law and Ethics” as part of the Master’s program

Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe, teaching assignment Business Administration/Banking degree program (2020-2021)

• Lectures: Civil Law I & II

University of Heidelberg, Professorship Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe” (2014-2018)

• Lectures: Introduction to East Asian Law I & II (several times)
• Seminars (among others):
  – Legal Consequences of Modern Technology
  – Law in Political Context
  – Treaties between East and West
  – Foundations of East Asian Law
  – Responsibility for Human Action – Legal Liability as Driving Factor in Modern Societies

University of Heidelberg, Lectureship Faculty of Law (2013-2016)

• Lectures: Introduction to East Asian Legal Systems I & II (several times)

University of Frankfurt a.M., Discharge Professorship Faculty of Law (2011-2013)

• Lectures (among others):
  – BGB AT
  – Law of Obligations AT (several times)
  – Contractual obligations
  – Enrichment law
  – Company law

• Seminars on corporate, medical and technology law, among others