Dr. Maximilian Volmar
OVERVIEW
Dr. Maximilian Volmar is an associate at Hausfeld in Berlin. He advises clients on European and German competition law, in particular regarding digital platforms. A further focus is advising on sector-specific regulation in media and network markets.
Prior to joining Hausfeld, he was a trainee at a leading international law firm in Berlin and at the European Commission in Brussels.
Maximilian holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for comparative and international private law and the University of Hamburg.
He speaks German, English and French. In the course of his studies, he spent a year at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
EDUCATION
1st State Exam, University of Freiburg
London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD, Max Planck Institute for comparative and international private law, University of Hamburg
2nd State exam / bar exam, Hamburg
BAR ADMISSIONS
Attorney, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
Einführung in das Kartellrecht unter Berücksichtigung der 9. GWB-Novelle, in: JuS 2018, 14-17 (co-authored by J. Kranz).
Marktabgrenzung bei mehrseitigen Internetplattformen, in: ZWeR 2017, 386-408.
Ohio v. American Express: Der US Supreme Court entscheidet zur Marktabgrenzung bei mehrseitigen Plattformen, in: WuW 2018, 11-16.
Protecting consumers and their data through competition law? Rethinking abuse of dominance in light of the Federal Cartel Office's Facebook investigation, in: European Competition Journal 2018 (14:2-3), 195-215 (co-authored by K. Helmdach).
Märkte ohne Geld – der kartellrechtliche Marktbegriff im digitalen Zeitalter, in: WRP 2019, 582-587.
Digitale Marktmacht, in: Wirtschaftsrecht und Wirtschaftspolitik, Bd. 301, Baden-Baden 2019 (PhD thesis).
Die Intermediationsmacht von Competitive Bottlenecks, in: NZKart 2020, 170-176.
Vergleichsmarktmethode in der Postentgeltregulierung: Ist der neue § 20 Abs. 2 PostG mit dem Unionsrecht vereinbar?, in: N&R 2021, 156-163 (co-authored by T. Höppner und P. Westerhoff).