Ferdinand Gehringer has been working at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung since March 2021. Ever since November 2021 he is a Policy Advisor for cyber security in the Department International Politics and Security. Prior to that, he initially worked as a Policy Advisor for International Law, and was the Coordinator of the Foundation’s Rule of Law Programmes. Ferdinand Gehringer is a licensed lawyer and certified mediator. He studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at the Universidad de Valencia (Spain). After gaining professional experience at the law firm Hengeler Mueller in commercial law, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels and at Roedl & Partner Abogados y Asesores in Barcelona, he completed his studies with the first state law examination in Mainz. During his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, he worked, among others, for the Federal Supervisory Authority for Air Traffic Control in Langen, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the German Embassy in Yerevan (Armenia).