Dr. Bernd Rosskothen, LL.M.

 

• Born 1969
• Attorney-at-law since 1999
• European attorney-at-law in Munich since 2009
• Lecturer for nutrition and food technology in the field of FOOD LAW at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
• Member of  the International League of Competition Law (LIDC)
• Permanent representative of an association for the promotion of fair competition and the fight against unfair competition

 

Education

University of Vienna and Salzburg until 1993

University Oxford, Legal English, 1992

University Honolulu 1993

University law degree, 1993

Dissertation: Bank's disclosure duty toward the guarantor

PhD in law, 1997

Doctoral thesis: Leasing of buildings on non-owned land

Graduation as academic expert for European Law,  2004

Master of Law (LL.M) 2008

 Impact of the Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices on the Austrian Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG), 2007 Amendment

 

Professional experience

Employed in the following law firms from 1990 until 1998:

Dres Berger & Aichlreiter, Dres. Haslauer & Eberl, Dr. Brandauer

Court internship at the District and Regional Court Salzburg 1993/94

 

 

Languages

German, English

 

Maxim

"To be a lawyer means to master the art of reconciling even difficult issues with the law“

 

Dr. Bernd Rosskothen regularly lectures on topics relating to legislation against unfair competition, food law, and warranties and damages law.