Nigel Gerdes studied law at the University of Bremen. He then completed his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Bremen and passed the assessor’s examination at the Joint Examination Office in Hamburg in 2022. For a period of one year, he worked in a nationwide law firm specialized in commercial law and administrative law. In January 2024, he joined Ahlers & Vogel and has been advising clients in the areas of administrative law, private construction and architectural law as well as procurement law.