Research assistants

Iman Ahmed

Iman is a graduate of the University of Hamburg where she completed her studies in law with a focus on the economic analysis of law in 2021. After gaining experience in corporate and copyright law at a boutique law firm in downtown Hamburg, she started working at an international auditing firm in Munich and Warsaw. As a DAAD scholar Iman completed the European Master of Law and Economics program, studying at the universities of Haifa (Israel), Gent (Belgium), and Aix-en-Provence (France). She is now deepening her understanding of antitrust law through her work at the department of Prof. Dr. Wagner- von Papp.
In her free time, Iman enjoys visiting art exhibitions, travelling to her hometowns in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, playing handball, and engaging in martial arts. Furthermore, Iman is a member of iur.reform and advocated for innovations in German legal education. 

room: 1E-041
tel.: +49(0)40/6541-3932
e-mail: [email protected]

Malte Drouet

Malte studied from 2015 to 2021 law at the University of Osnabrueck. He specialized in German and European competition law and intellectual property law. After graduating he worked for six months as a research assistant in an international law firm in Düsseldorf in the field of antitrust & foreign investment. Afterwards, he returned to the University of Osnabrueck, at which he is a research assistant and a PhD student at the chair of Prof. Andreas Fuchs LL.M. (Michigan) since the 1st January 2022. In spring 2024, he moved to Hamburg, where he works as a research assistant at our chair since the 1st April 2024. In his free time, he likes sport fencing and to participate at runs.

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room: 1E-033
tel.: +49(0)40/6541-3928
e-mail: [email protected]

Tim Melhardt

Tim studied law at the University of Leipzig until successfully passing his first state examination in March 2022. His university focus was on banking and capital market law. During this time, he already gained experience as a student assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Banking and Capital Markets Law. After graduating Tim moved to Hamburg where he initially worked for 1.5 years as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law and Commercial Law of his doctoral supervisor Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wurmnest before he became an research assistant at our chair. As part of his doctoral project Tim is investigating questions of the application and enforcement of antitrust law in labour markets. In addition, he is interested in aspects of (collective) enforcement in the field of business law.
In his free time, Tim regularly rides his racing bike in Vierlanden. He can also often be found in one of Hamburg’s bouldering halls. Tim is also a volunteer in the youth work team of the Hamburg Aidshilfe.

room: 1E-054
tel.: +49(0)40/6541-3551
e-mail: [email protected]

Bent Simon

Bent studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg from 2015 to 2021. After his semester abroad at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, he focused on international and European law and participated in the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court. From 2021 to 2023, he completed his legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, including stages at the German Federal Cartel Office and a law firm specializing in arbitration. His main area of interest is competition law in digital (media) markets. In his free time, Bent tries out various sports – and cooking recipes – or spends time with a good book.

room: 1E-041
tel.: +49(0)40/6541-3931
e-mail: [email protected]