Prior to joining Bird & Bird, Miriam worked at Lumesse GmbH, where she was responsible for software compliance and data protection law. Prior to joining Lumesse GmbH, Miriam worked at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Germany and at JBB Rechtsanwälte, a Berlin based law firm with its main focus on IT/IP law, where she advised clients on legal matters relating to Free and Open Source Software, software licensing and software contracts. Miriam also leads the Certification Working Group of the OpenChain project hosted by the Linux Foundation.