- Italian law studies in Innsbruck and Padua, studies at the University of Salzburg, Cardiff Law School (Wales/GB), the University of New Orleans (USA) and the University of Chulalongkorn in Bangkok and Chiang-Mai (Thailand)
- In 2002, awarded doctorate with distinction at the University of Innsbruck
- Court practice in Salzburg and legal practice in Hanoi (Vietnam)
- Deputy Honorary Prosecutor at the Regional Court of Bolzano, (Italy)
- University assistant in Italian civil and civil procedure law at the University of Innsbruck
- In 1998, admitted as advocate in Italy (Chamber of Lawyers, Bolzano)