Between 1982 and 1984, he pursued his legal studies, in the field of intellectual property rights, at the Ludwig-Maximilian University and the Max-Planck Institute in Munich.
Ó 1982 go dt� 1984, lean sé ag staidéar dlí, i réimse ceart maoine intleachtúla, ag Ollscoil Ludwig-Maximilian agus ag Institiúid Max-Planck i München.