Bastian Meyer was born in Pforzheim in 1981, he studied law at the university of Konstanz. Early during his legal clerkship in Konstanz he focused on criminal law. He started working as a lawyer in Munich in 2008, among other at the renown law firm of Kreuzer, Pfister & Girhausen. He qualified as a Specialist Criminal Lawyer in 2012. In additions he passed the specialist training for Commercial and Corporate Law as well as Family Law. He has been working with Schindhelm Pfisterer und Kollegen since June 2012.