After having obtained an LL.M. degree from the University of London (London School of Economics) he worked in the dispute resolution groups of several international law firms in London and Vienna before he opened his own boutique practice in Vienna. He regularly acts as party-representative and arbitrator in international commercial arbitration proceedings. He published numerous articles on the subject of international commercial arbitration and three books on the topic. He is a member of the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut), the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP), the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Young & International and an external lecturer at the Institute of Civil Procedural Law at the Law Faculty of Vienna University.