Advising domestic and international industrial clients, particularly those subject to government regulation
Strategic and operational management of advisory processes

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Education and Professional Experience

Lawyer and partner at GSK Stockmann from 2023 to 2024, Of Counsel since 2025
2017-2022 Member of the German Bundestag
2018-2021 Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
2013-2018 Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
2012-2013 Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Transport in Saarland, Deputy Minister-President of the State of Saarland
2001-2021 Member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) Executive Committee
2000-2018 Chairman of the SPD in Saarland
1999-2013 Member of the Saarland State Parliament
1999-2012 Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Saarland State Parliament
1998-1999 Minister for the Environment, Energy and Transport in Saarland
1996-1998 State Secretary at the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Transport in Saarland
1994-1996 Member of the Saarland State Parliament
1992-1994 Staff member at the Europa-Institut at Saarland University
Law degree from the University of Saarland

Languages

Memberships

Deutsches Polen Institut – German Poland Institute (President)
ZDF Television Council (Member for the ZDF Television Council for ZDF’s 16th term, delegated by the Federal Government)
Montan-Stiftung-Saar (Member of the Board of Trustees, Executive Board)
RAG-Stiftung (Member of the Board of Trustees)
Stahl-Verband-Saar – Steel Industry Association in Saarland (President)
Verband Saarländischer Unternehmen – Saarland Business Association (Vice President)

Awards