Dr. Stefan Kaufmann

After studying law in Tübingen and Leiden/Netherlands, I worked as a research assistant for Prof Dr George Turner at the University of Hohenheim. This was followed by a doctorate with the constitutional law expert Prof Dr Thomas Oppermann at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen on a topic relating to European and international law. After completing my legal clerkship in Stuttgart with stays abroad in Bordeaux, Brussels and London, I worked as a lawyer (including at Löffler Wenzel Sedelmeier in Stuttgart), most recently at the law firm Blaich & Partner since September 2007.

Before my election to the Bundestag in 2009 as a directly elected member of parliament for the constituency of Stuttgart I, I advised private companies, public organisations and private individuals on company law and intellectual property law and assisted in the establishment of charitable foundations.

I also have particular expertise in the field of media law, especially in the representation of private individuals in cases of infringement of personal rights in the media.

• Member of the German Bundestag since January 2024
• Senior Advisor Hydrogen Economy since 2022
• Attorney at SNP since 2021
• Innovation Commissioner ‘Green Hydrogen’, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2020-2022
• Chairman of the Enquete Commission ‘Vocational Education and Training in the Digital World’, German Bundestag, 2019-2020
• CDU/CSU spokesperson for international education and research cooperation, innovation policy and student funding, 2011-2019
• Member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Stuttgart, 2009-2021
• Attorney, including CMS/Stuttgart; Löffler Wenzel Sedelmeier/Stuttgart, 2000-2009
• Second state examination, 1998-2000
• Studied law at the University of Tübingen (first state examination), 1993-1998

• German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. – DAV)