CV

• Since 2021: Founding Partner at DMR Legal
• Since 2021: Founder of Compliance Rechtsanwälte and Hinweisgeberexperte
• 2014–2021: Partner at Advant Beiten, Munich
• 2013–2014: Assistant to the Executive Board at a listed financial services provider
• Admitted as a lawyer since 2013

• Dispute Resolution
• Restructuring
• Corporate Law, M&A and Compliance
• Banking and Finance Law

Maximilian is an experienced lawyer and trusted adviser for complex and demanding legal challenges. Since June 2024, he has also served as a member of the Executive Board of the Munich Bar Association.

After many years with an international law firm, most recently as a partner, he co-founded the boutique firm DMR Legal in 2021, focusing on financial and business law. According to the specialist publication Juve, DMR has “established itself in the market within a short period, particularly in the field of financial restructurings.”

Maximilian advises clients on Dispute Resolution, Restructuring, finance and corporate law. He also represents clients in litigation before civil and administrative courts.

In parallel, he established the consulting company Compliance Beratung und Service Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, which operates Compliance Rechtsanwälte and Hinweisgeberexperte. Compliance Rechtsanwälte advises private and public sector clients on compliance obligations, while Hinweisgeberexperte develops and delivers software-based compliance solutions tailored to SMEs and public authorities. Together, his enterprises now support more than 350 clients across Germany, with continued growth.

Maximilian regularly publishes legal articles in professional journals and the press. He contributes as a guest author to the NWB Expert Blog and is a lecturer for the Beck Academy. In March 2023, he was invited as an expert witness before the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on the draft Whistleblower Protection Act.

Earlier in his career, Maximilian worked in the Executive Board Office of Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG and as a staff member for several members of the German Bundestag in Berlin. These combined experiences in law, business, and politics enable him to provide pragmatic, commercially sound, and practice-oriented advice.

He earned his doctorate at the University of Marburg in 2012, receiving the Klemens Pleyer Prize for outstanding achievements in private law for his dissertation.
In recognition of his professional achievements, Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers named him one of Germany’s Best Lawyers in 2024 and 2025.

• Advising the self-administration of 595 Solutions GmbH i.L.
• Representing over 100 clients in litigation concerning COVID-19 bridging aid
• Advising numerous managing directors on insolvency-related issues and filing obligations
• Advising boards of directors on shareholder disputes and corporate litigation, including the defence against shareholder meeting requests
• Conducting dozens of internal compliance investigations
• Advising and implementing multiple crowdfunding campaigns
• Advising a consortium on the establishment of an online betting platform
• Advising Hornbach family trust on the private placement of millions of Hornbach shares*
• Representing numerous hotel operators in disputes with public authorities over COVID-19 support schemes
• Defending a foreign credit institution against multiple investor lawsuits
• Regulatory advice to an international crowdlending platform entering the German market*
• Internal investigations at an international automotive supplier*

(*handled in previous firms)

Numerous articles in leading legal and business journals, including Betriebs-Berater, NJW, and Börsen-Zeitung.