ABOUT

Education

1982 - 1987 Studies of law in Munich and Geneva
1988 First state law examination
1988 - 1991Trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court, Region Munich, at the Administrative District of Upper Bavaria and at the law firm Theodore Goddard, London
1991 Second state law examination
1992 Participant in the European Young Lawyers Course at the University of Edinburgh (British-Council scholarship)
1992 Doctor of law

Professional Experience

since 1991 Lawyer in different law firms in Munich (since 2015 of-counsel at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher)

Public Offices

since 1996 Member of Ebersberg district council
since 1999 Member of the European Parliament

• Member of the Committee on Industry, Energy and Research
• Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Deputy member of the Committee on Legal Affairs
• Chairwoman of the CSU in the European People's party, Co-Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group of the European People's Party (since June 2014)
• Member of the executive board of the CSU/CDU Group and of the European People's Party
• Member of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
• Deputy member of the Delegation for relations with Turkey

since 2000 Member of the ZDF Television Board

Party Functions

since 1995 Member of the district executive board of the CSU of Upper Bavaria
since 1996 Member of Ebersberg district council
since 2000 Member of the CSU media Commission
since 2009 Chairwomen of the Bavarian Women's Union
since 2009 Member of the CSU party executive committee
since 2015 Party Vice-Chair of the CSU