Vita
Born in Löhne/Westf. In 1972, studied law at the Universities of Marburg, Adelaide (Australia), Cologne, legal expert at the press center of the German Federal Diet, worked for the Berlin District Court, for the Director of Public Prosecution in Berlin, for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Hong Kong Consulate General.
Kai has been a business and corporate lawyer in Germany since 2003, gaining wide range of experiences in the process. He is very familiar with the interconnectivity between national and European regulations, especially in regard to consumer protection, product safety and emerging new cannabis products. He has engaged in advocacy relating to cannabis beginning in early stages of his studies at Philipps University Marburg when the German Supreme Court ruled that small amounts of cannabis should not be criminalized. After medical cannabis was legalized, Kai started a legal blog (canna-biz.legal) on all the relevant new developments in the emerging cannabis market and became a legal expert especially for CBD products. He regularly speaks at international cannabis conferences on topics of the German and European legal framework. Lastly, he spoke at the Cannabis Expo in Johannesburg, at the ICBC 2021 in Berlin and at the ICBC and CB Expo 2021 in Zurich on the legal framework for a future recreational cannabis market in Germany. He regularly publishes articles in BusinessCann and German law journals.

Kai and his law firm KFN+ advise major CBD and medical cannabis companies, as well as companies interested in the emerging recreational cannabis market.
Kai is also legal advisor to the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA), which is working on a Novel Food joint application for different CBD products.
Lectures
2018
- MJBizConINT'L | International Cannabis Industry Conference, Toronto
- Cannabis Law Institute (National Cannabis Bar Association), Washington
2019
- International Cannabis Business Conference, Berlin
- CNBS, Dortmund
- Re:publica, Digital Hemp, Berlin
- First Asian Hemp Summit, Hong Kong
- Cannabis Law Institute, New York Law School
- Cannafest, Prague
2020
- ICBC Global Virtual Symposium
- EIHA Hemp Conference
- Cannabis Law Institute (by INCBA), International Day, Track Chair
- Prohibition Partner Live - It's not the EU, it's me!
2021
- ICBC Global Investment Forum Berlin – Regulatory Panel
- ICBC Berlin – Novel food Panel
- ICBC Global Investment Forum Zurich – Regulatory Panel
- Cannabis Business Expo and Conference, CB Expo Zurich
- The Cannabis Expo 2021, Johannesburg
2022
- ICBC Barcelona
- PTMC 2022 Lisbon
- Cannabis Law Institute by INCBA - George Washington University Law School
- Hamcan Hamburg - 1 one 1 with Lisa Heitmann (MdB, Die Grünen)
- GIF Berin 2022
- ICBC Berlin 2022
- Cannafair 2022
Publications
- Prohibition Partners
- Leafly.de
- Globe and Mail, Canada
- Krautinvest
- Werben & Verkaufen
- Lebensmittelzeitung
- Hemp Industry Daily
- Cannabis Law Report
- Zeitschrift für Lebensmittelrecht (ZLR), Niermann/Schulte, ZLR 2021, 336-353, Die Verkehrsfähigkeit von hanfhaltigen Lebensmitteln, Nutzhanfblüten und Nutzhanfblättern im Lichte der neueren Rechtsprechung des EuGHs
- Cannabis ist längst Teil des Alltags – die Kriminalisierung muss weg, in „Welt“ am 25.10.2021
- Der Hype um Cannabidiol und Hanf – auf der Suche nach klaren Regeln und realistischen Richtwerten – Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie, 2021, 320 ff.