Qualified as German Lawyer, Gregor started his professional career in a Brussels EU law firm. Following that, he worked during several years for the Swiss Ministry of Justice at the Swiss Institute for Comparative law as a Staff Legal Advisor for German and EU Law. Since 2001, he works for the EU's Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) as a litigation lawyer and later on in the agency's international cooperation department. In 2023, he was seconded to the European Commission (DG TRADE) and is currently posted at the Delegation in Yaounde as Regional IP Attache for Africa.