Prof Dr Sandra Rinnert

Prof Dr Sandra Rinnert is a full-time professor and the head of Customs Law at the Federal University of Administrative Science (Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung) of Germany. In addition, she is also a lecturer at the Centre for Intellectual Property at the University of Düsseldorf for International Trademark Law. Since 2012, Prof Dr Rinnert has been a board member of the European Forum for International Trade (EFA), where she is currently deputy chairwoman. Since 2007 she has also been a board member of the Georgetown University European Law Alumni Advisory Board (ELAAB).

Prof Dr Rinnert studied law at Heidelberg University in Germany, at the National University of Singapore, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In addition to her experience as a lecturer, she has also gained experience as an attorney for the international law firm of Hogan Lovells LLP in Düsseldorf.

Prof Dr Rinnert is co-author of several standard works of customs law such as "Witte - Kommentar zum Zollkodex der Union" or "Krenzler / Herrmann / Niestedt - Kommentar zum EU-Außenwirtschafts- und Zollrecht". She has published in several high-regarded academic legal journals in Intellectual Property Law, International Trade and Customs Law, Civil Law and Law of Corporations.