Maximilian advises principals and contractors on all issues relating to private construction and real estate law. This includes the drafting and management of contracts. He also represents clients in out-of-court negotiations as well as before the courts.
What others say
One of the most frequently recommended lawyer for construction law; Lawyer of the future for construction law (Ones to Watch)
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers® 'Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024'
Listed as a lawyer recommended by in-house counsel for public construction law
kanzleimonitor.de 2023/2024 des Deutschen Instituts für Rechtsabteilungen & Unternehmensjuristen
Recent work
- Advising Kasseler Sparkasse on the new construction of the largest savings bank branch in Germany (project value c. EUR 60)
- Advising on the new construction of the Paul Ehrlich Institut (PEI) in Langen as an integrated project management project (Integrierte Projektabwicklung (IPA)) with multi-party agreements (project value in excess of EUR 415 million)
- Complex project development: Advising the Frankfurt office of the SIGNA Group on construction contracts and architects’ contracts for several city centre projects
- Special construction project: Advising the principal on the construction of Germany's longest suspension bridge
- Advising the principal on the expansion of a large German commercial airport (project value c. EUR 4 billion)
- Advising a legal entity under public law with federal funding on the refurbishment and remodelling of their headquarters in Frankfurt am Main (project value in excess of EUR 500 million).
- Provision of construction contract law and architects’ law advice to various large real estate developers
- Conducting claim management for contractors against public principals
Curriculum vitae
- Studied law with a focus on corporate law at the Philipps University Marburg, 2008 to 2013
- Additional interdisciplinary qualification in law and economics at the Philipps University Marburg, 2010 to 2011
- Additional qualification in private construction law at Philipps University Marburg, 2012 to 2014
- PhD in debt and contract law, 2013 to 2015 (awarded the Construction Law Research Prize by the Deutsche Baugerichtstag e.V. 2016)
- Research assistant at the Philipps University Marburg, 2013 to 2016
- Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Marburg, 2014 to 2016
- Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2017
Further qualifications and memberships
- Visiting lecturer in private construction law at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
- Seminars on construction contract law and architects’ law
- Member of the Working Group on Construction Law within the German Lawyers’ Association (ARGE Baurecht beim Deutschen Anwaltsverein (DAV))
- Member of the Association for the Promotion of Research and Teaching in Private Construction Law at the Philipps University Marburg e.V.
