- Elementary school & High school in Ried im Innkreis
- Law studies at the University of Linz and Brunel University Uxbridge (London) (specialization in European law)
- Doctorate at the University of Linz
- Postgraduate studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (USA) with focus on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (mediation, arbitration)
- Trainee at Zeiner & Zeiner Attorneys at Law, 1010 Vienna (specialist law firm for intellectual property rights and unfair competition)
- Trainee and Attorney at Law at DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH, 1010 Vienna (Litigation & Regulatory Department with focus on civil procedural law/antitrust, state aid and public procurement law)
- Lawyer with Abel & Abel Rechtsanwälte GmbH, 1010 Vienna (specialist law firm for insolvency law and litigious civil proceedings)
- Attorney & Partner at Puttinger Vogl Rechtsanwälte GmbH, 4910 Ried im Innkreis (focus on litigation, labour law, insolvency law, inheritance law, contract law)
- Zur Strafbarkeit von Submissionsabsprachen in Österreich und Deutschland: Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung mit konkreten Fallbeispielen; VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken (D) 2008
- EU Competition Law, Corporate UK Magazine (co-author of the Austrian part), Birmingham (UK) 2009
- Competition Cases from the European Union, Sweet & Maxwell (co-author of the Austrian section), London 2010
- Handbuch Unternehmenskauf & Due Diligence, Volume I: Legal, Lexisnexis ARD Orac (co-author of the competition section), Vienna 2010
- German: native speaker
- English: business fluent
- Bulgarian: business fluent
- French: basic knowledge
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