Sebastian is a German lawyer who has been practicing in Singapore since 2015. He specializes in corporate legal advice for companies from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and their Southeast Asian subsidiaries.

Throughout his career, Sebastian has advised organizations of all sizes and stages of development—from newly founded start-ups to established businesses, and from sole proprietorships to global corporations. He provides comprehensive counsel on all key areas of business law, particularly in corporate, employment, and general contract law.

Sebastian places a special focus on data protection law. He is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a “Certified Information Privacy Professional” for both Asia and Europe and regularly serves as an external data protection officer for his clients.

Sebastian has a distinguished legal education with consistently excellent results. In addition to his German bar exams, he successfully passed the Singapore Foreign Practitioner Examinations in June 2024.

Sebastian regularly publishes analyses and insights on current legal developments, both locally and internationally. He also delivers lectures, seminars, and training sessions on these topics.

Sebastian is fluent in both German and English and is currently working on improving his Spanish.

Before joining Gateway, Sebastian was a partner at one of the largest German law firms in Southeast Asia, where he led the data protection practice in Singapore.