Barbara’s practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate formation and governance and renewable energies.

Barbara earned law degrees in both Germany and in the United States making her uniquely qualified to assist U.S. companies entering the German market and German companies expanding to the U.S. market. She has worked on the acquisitions of companies in Germany for U.S. clients and the related agreements, such as employment and lease agreements. In addition, Barbara has successfully facilitated the resolution of a number of diverse U.S.-German issues her clients faced, such as the enforcement of German judgments in the United States, the defense against temporary restraining orders in the United States or Germany, the finalization and taxation of inheritances made by U.S. clients in Germany or to be made by German clients with assets in the United States, the sale of real estate owned by U.S. clients in Germany and family law issues, such as the acknowledgment of a U.S. divorce decree in Germany or the assistance with the divorce of a U.S. citizen in Germany.

Barbara graduated from the university in Bonn, Germany, in 1987 and worked as law clerk in various areas before she finished her German legal education in June 1990 with honors. In Germany, Barbara focused on European legal and business issues. Before she came to Minnesota in 1996, she was chief of division in the Department of European Affairs in the German State of Hesse.