Severin Klinkmueller

Dr Severin Klinkmüller is a member of the ESA Legal Services Department. He advises the Connectivity and Secure Communications (CSC) directorate on all legal and institutional aspects of ESA’s telecommunication programmes and activities. He also conducts negotiations of international agreements and advises on European Union legal matters.

Prior to joining ESA, Severin has been practising as a lawyer admitted to the bars of Berlin and Paris where he specialised on representing sovereign clients in international disputes. He has also worked at the legal services departments of the European Commission and the German Federal Foreign Office.

Severin holds a PhD in European Union law from the University of Münster, Germany and a Master of Law (LL.M) of the London School of Economics and Political Science.