Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First names / Surname
Address
Dr. Tillman Ernst-Georg Prinz
Schwedter Strasse 42, 10435 Berlin, Germany
Telephone
+49 (0) 30 263 944 10
Fax
+49 (0)30 263 944 13
E-mail
Nationality
Date of birth
Mobile:
+49 (0) 175 16 777 88
[email protected]
German
04.06.1964
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
May 2003 - recent
Secretary General, Federal Chamber of German Architects, Berlin.
Representing the architectural profession in Germany as such; improving frame conditions for the
architects work, participating in law making processes, promoting the architectural profession towards
clients, the media and society, networking with national, European and international partners in
politics, economy and culture. (See also attached brief description of activities)
2002 – 2003
Senior Policy Advisor, Architects Council of Europe (ACE), Brussels.
Lobbying on the European level for the architectural profession; negotiating legislative measures
regarding architects and architecture with the European Institutions (Commission, Parliament,
Council), providing all European architects organisations with information, analyses and guidance;
chairing and accompanying processes in finding common positions and formulating position papers.
1997 – 2002
Managing Director and Legal Adviser, German Association of Architects, Berlin.
Managing the office of an architectural association, providing legal expertise to members and legal
guidance to representatives of the association, drafting position papers in political architectural
debates, representing a quality based selected group of architects and their interest towards politics,
media and economy.
1994 - 1997
Legal Adviser, Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineer’s, Munich.
Providing legal support to civil engineers, drafting political position papers regarding areas of interest
for engineers, giving lectures and seminars for engineers and clients regarding planning and
construction law.
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subject
2008 - 2010
Master in Mediation
Methods and techniques of Alternative Dispute Resolution processes, legal framework for ADR,
advantages and disadvantages of ADR.
Thesis
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subject
Thesis
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subject
Name and type of organisation
“Optimizing interests in Copyright conflicts in Architecture”
European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, Faculty of Law
1990 - 1994
Doctor of Jurisprudence
International Copyright Law
“The copyright of architects in cases of alterations to the copyright protected building by the owner in
German, French, Swiss and Belgium law”
University of Bielefeld, Germany, Faculty of Law
1987 - 1995
Jurist
1st and 2nd Legal State Exam
Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, and Superior Court Hamburg, Germany, Faculty of Law
Personal skills/ competences
Mother tongue
German
Other language(s); Self-assessment
Understanding
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
European level (*)
Listening
Reading
Spoken production
English
French
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
B2
B2
B2
C1
B1
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences
Organisational skills and
competences
Computer skills and competences
Appreciative human approach, flexible and optimistic, good listener and solution finder, output
oriented.
Analytical thinking and ability to present complex issues clear and comprehensive, resilient and
structured work ethics.
Windows, Apple, Skype and all other standard programs
Additional information Memberships
Member of the Executive Board of the German Society for Construction Law
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition
Law
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Information Center for Planning and Building IRB
Publications (all in German)
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Optimizing interests in Copyright conflicts in Architecture, Bern 20011
Better planning in Public Private Partnership - Ensuring Quality in the life cycle of buildings,
Köln 2009
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Balancing Interests in Copyright – a Task for Mediation, Festschrift for Prof. Horst Franke,
Munich 2009
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Public Private Partnership in Practice – A Handbook for Architects and Engineers,Köln 2005
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Copyright Law for Engineers and Architects, Düsseldorf 2001,
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The successful Electrical Trades Operation – Establishment, Management, Handing over,
Munich/ Heidelberg/ Berlin, 2000,
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The legal Handbook for Engineers and Architect, Munich 1999,
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General Planning for Architects and Engineers, Bonn 1998.
Annex Brief description of the current position with emphasis on the relation to the Real Estate sector.
Attachment
Dr. Tillman Prinz, M.A.
Attorney at Law, Mediator
Secretary General
Federal Chamber of German Architects
Dr. Tillman Prinz, a registered Attorney at Law, is Secretary General of the Federal Chamber of
German Architects and thus represents the interests of 125.000 Architects towards Politics, the Media,
the Real Estate and Construction Industry, and society at large. He is member of various
governmental and non-governmental interdisciplinary working groups on the national, European and
international level, dealing with the legal, technical, economic and social responsibility aspects of
architecture, urban design and construction. He initiated and maintains an intensive dialogue between
Architects and the Real Estate Industry in several round-table formats and by ensuring the presence
of Architects at the important real estate fairs Expo Real (Munich), MIPIM (Cannes) and BATIMAT
(Paris). With his specialization in international architecture copyright law, he dedicated not only his
PhD. to this subject, but also further developed the topic by researching methods of Appropriate
Dispute Resolution in architecture in his Master-thesis in Mediation. As Chairman of the ADR working
group within the Architects´ Council of Europe, .Member of the Advisory Board of the Professional
Practice Commission in the International Union of Architects and Head of various business
delegations in architecture, engineering and construction around the world, he is widely experienced
in international negotiations and intercultural dispute resolution. He is also instrumental in developing
the UIA Accord on Recommended International Standards of Professionalism, addressing issues like
public procurement, cost information systems or cooperation with labels in sustainable construction
like LEED, BREAM and DGNB. While promoting these standards in particular at the level of WTO, the
WIPO, the EU and national governments, he also concentrates on the implementation of these
standards in every day practice by consulting firms in the construction sector.