- Austrian Bar Exam passed with distinction
- Associate in two business law firms in Vienna
- Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna
- Journalist focusing on financial markets, stock exchanges and foreign economic policy at former daily newspaper Wirtschaftsblatt
- Analyst in the financial advisory department of Deloitte Austria (banking, capital market and regulatory law)
- Traineeship in the insurance supervision department of the Austrian Financial Market Authority
- Law studies at the Universities of Vienna and Paris Descartes (FR)