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.
Idir 1982 agus 1984, choinnigh sé lena staidéar dlí, i réimse cearta maoine intleachtúla, ag Ollscoil Ludwig-Maximilian agus Institiúid Max-Planck i Munich.