David Annussek studied law at the University of Münster, Germany, and at the University of Poitiers, France. Following the First State Examination in Law, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Public Law and Politics and subsequently as a research assistant at the JurGrad School of Tax and Business Law (both at Münster University). Additionally, he was a lecturer in German Constitutional Law at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration North Rhine-Westphalia. During his Legal Traineeship (Rechtsreferandariat) at the Higher Regional Court Hamm, he worked, inter alia, for prominent law firms in Düsseldorf (Hengeler Mueller) and London (Allen & Overy LLP). David obtained his Doctorate in Law at Münster University under Prof. Dr. Bodo Pieroth and works as an associate in the Düsseldorf office of Hengeler Mueller.