Qualifications:

Assessor Iuris (Germany), LLM, PhD (University of Nottingham)

Special Interests:

Maren Heidemann’s academic interest is in transnational commercial law, comparative private law, the relationship between public and private law and international taxation.

Legal  education and academic work experience:

After completing her legal qualifications at the Albert Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (1991) and the Higher Regional Court Stuttgart (1994) Maren Heidemann obtained a master’s degree (1994) and a PhD (2005) in international commercial law from the University of Nottingham. Her case work as legal practitioner has included cross-border corporate and contract law, international taxation, landlord and tenant as well as administrative and heritage law matters. Dr Heidemann has held a number of full time and visiting academic appointments in the UK since 2007 teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses including as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster and a Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Glasgow. She has also regularly taught programmes abroad including at the HTW Berlin (Germany), the University of Oslo (Norway) and the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal. Dr Heidemann worked for the University of London for thirteen years (2010 - 2023) in various roles including as research fellow, postgraduate supervisor and teaching fellow, supervising and examining doctoral students at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London IALS in the areas of international sales, comparative corporate and data protection law and as Teaching Fellow and tutor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary, University of London.

Charities, grant bodies and the arts:

Maren Heidemann is founder and chair of the Maren Heidemann-Foundation (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) which she set up in 1999. Maren has also worked in music management and performance in the UK. She is currently a trustee of Philharmonia Britannica, London.

Since May 2019, Maren Heidemann also chairs and manages the Jutta Heidemann-Foundation (Erfurt, Germany) which grants scholarships to doctoral students and researchers at HEIs in the state of Thuringia. Since her arrival, the JHS has seen a successful completion of a doctorate each year. The continuation of this contribution to young science across disciplines in post-unification Germany is on a stable financial and academic footing due to her expertise in higher education and specialist asset management. The team at JHS consists of  a board of currently three members including the founder, Jutta Heidemann, and Apl. Professor Dr. Bettina Hollstein who is managing director of the University of Erfurt's graduate college, the Max-Weber-Kolleg for sociological studies.

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