Detlef Heins,
civil law notary

Curriculum Vitae

• 1989

  University entrance qualification, certificate of proficiency in Latin and Greek

• 1989 - 1990

  National Service

• 1990 - 1996

  Studied law at the University of Passau

  Scholarship from the Study Foundation of the German People

  Specialist English language examination I
  Specialist Russian language examination I and II

• 1991 - 1993

  Academic assistant to Prof. Dr. Michael Kobler, Chair of Civil Law and German Legal History

• 1993 - 1994

  Study at the law and modern language faculties of the State University of Ivanovo, Russian Federation

• 1996

  First state examination in law in Passau

• 1996 - 1998

  Legal traineeship at Munich Higher Regional Court, Bavaria

• 1996 - 1998

  Academic assistant to Prof. Dr. Johann Braun, Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Jurisprudence

• 1998

  Second state examination in law

• 1999 - 2007

  Candidate notary in Saxony

• 2001 - 2003

  Managing Director of the German Association of Notaries

  Editor of the periodical "Notar"

• 2003 - 2005

  Specialist/Deputy Departmental Manager at the Saxony State Ministry of Justice

• 2005 - 2007

  Work on the committee of the Saxony Association of Notaries

• 2007 - 2008

  Candidate notary in Hamburg

• since 2008

  Civil law notary in Hamburg in partnership with Dr. Ascan Pinckernelle and thereafter Dr. André Görner

  Custodian of the records of the retired notary Horst Kahl

Publications

1. Einbringung eines nichtkaufmännischen Einzelunternehmens in Vor-GmbH, Anmerkung zu BGH, Vers.-Urteil vom 18.01.2000 – XI ZR 71/99, NotBZ 2000, 123
2. Änderung des laufenden Geschäftsjahres, Anmerkung zu LG Dresden, Beschluss vom 25.02.2000, NotBZ 2000, 383
3. Die Partnerschaftsgesellschaft in der notariellen Praxis, NotBZ 2001, 273
4. Gerichtliche Inhaltskontrolle von ehe- und unterhaltsrechtlichen Vereinbarungen, Anmerkung zu BVerfG, Beschluss vom 06.02.2001 – 1 BvR 12/92, NotBZ 2001, 140 (co-author: Tanja Heidrich)
5. Schotten/Schmellenkamp, Das Internationale Privatrecht in der notariellen Praxis, Munich, 2nd edition 2007, editor for the section on the Russian Federation
6. Umbruch. Aufbruch. Zukunft sichern – Der Sächsische Notarbund, in: DNotV GmbH (pub.), Festgabe zum 150-jährigen Bestehen des Vereins für das Rheinische Notariat, 2006, pp. 147 – 160.

Lectures, teaching and consultancy work

1. Business succession – Saxony Chamber of Notaries' CPD event for junior notaries
2. Staffing a full-time notary's office – Saxony Chamber of Notaries' CPD event for junior notaries
3. Cross-border powers of attorney – A meeting between notaries from Bavaria, Saxony and the Czech Republic.
4. Family law for legal secretaries. Saxony Association of Notaries’ CPD event
5. Residential property ownership for legal secretaries, Hamburg Chamber of Notaries
6. Residential property ownership – Committee of experts for the President of the Russian Federation/German Academic Exchange Service project
7. TACIS project for notarial reform in Kazakhstan
8. GTZ projects for notarial reform in Montenegro and Albania
9. Lecturer in international business law at the Universities of Hamburg, St. Petersburg and Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.