Dustin Scheuer

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Vita

2004–2009 Studied Law at Humboldt University of Berlin (First State Examination); including an exchange year at the University of Zurich and posting at the economic policy department of the German Embassy in Bangkok.

2010–2011 Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the National University of Singapore, with a focus on Corporate & Financial Services Law and Law, Governance & Development.

2011–2013 Legal traineeship in Berlin (Second State Examination); placements included the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Civil Court in Berlin, the United Nations Division of the Federal Foreign Office, and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

2014–2019 Worked as a lawyer at an international law firm, specializing in corporate and financial law.

Since 2019 Held various positions with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Germany and abroad.

2024–2025 Seconded via the Federal Foreign Office to the Programme Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Since January 2026 Programme Director of the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme at GIZ, based in Beijing.

Areas of expertise

International cooperation, commercial law, good governance / rule of law

Languages

German, English