Roland is an expert in international trade law and national security, and one of the founding partners of the leading law boutique BLOMSTEIN based in Berlin, Germany. He also serves as Director at the CELIS Institute. Roland has extensive experience advising both national and international clients on a broad spectrum of international trade law matters. He has handled numerous complex foreign investment control proceedings and represented clients in customs, export control, and sanctions procedures and investigations, particularly concerning the import and export of software, technology, know-how, and sensitive products. In addition, Roland regularly advises clients on tender procedures in the defence and security sectors.
Publications
Co-author of the Germany - Market Insights and Germany chapters in the Foreign Direct Investment Law Guide , published 20 October 2026 , alongside Marcelo Sequeira de Sousa and Dr. Nils-Hendrik Grohmann .