Christian is a Founder and Partner, as well as Attorney at Law at the law firm Schemmel Merk Schweda. He studied law and Protestant theology at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich and was admitted to the bar in 1984. He has a long career as a practicing lawyer in medium sized law firms and more recently, he has been the Counsel in the law firm of a Big 4 auditing company.

He is an expert in Real Estate Law, Conflict resolution and mediation, and Advice on the implementation of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) issues in companies.