Mag. Maximilian Albert Müller, LL.M. is an Attorney-at-Law in the Dispute Resolution Team of Pitkowitz & Partners.
He specializes in advising and representing international clients in commercial litigation and arbitration as well as out-of-court dispute resolution. He has gained particular experience in complex and high-stakes trade disputes, the defense against investor and insurance claims, IP and shareholder disputes as well as post M&A disputes. In doing so, he looks back on many years of working with clients from the financial services sector, the industrial and construction sector as well as the IT sector.
In addition, he has broad expertise in contract law, in particular from advising on numerous financing transactions, emissions of financial products and litigation funding. He also regularly advises on corporate law and KYC/AML compliance.
Prior to joining Pitkowitz & Partners, he worked as an associate in renowned law firms in Vienna and, among others, as a volunteer at the Austrian Trade Commission in Hong Kong.
Maximilian holds law degrees from the University of Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne (LL.M. with distinction cum laude) and the University of Vienna (Mag.iur.) and has passed the Austrian Bar Exam with distinction. He has been recognized by the German business newspaper Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers for his expertise in international arbitration.
- Since 2022: Attorney-at-Law with Pitkowitz & Partners
- 2020 – 2021: Associate with Pitkowitz & Partners (formerly known as Graf & Pitkowitz)
- 2020: University of Paris, Panthèon-Sorbonne (LL.M.), distinction cum laude
- 2018 - 2019: Associate with Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte GmbH
- 2017 - 2018: Law Clerk with the Vienna Higher Regional Court of Appeals
- 2016 - 2017: Associate with Brandl Talos Rechsanwälte GmbH
- 2016: University of Vienna (Mag.iur.)
- Best Lawyers by Handelsblatt 2023 in International Arbitration
- Arbitration Rules and the Challenge of Effectively Addressing Third-Party Funding, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2023, 131 – 144
- The Legal Nature of Third-Party Funding Agreements, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2021, 215 - 241 (with Nikolaus Pitkowitz)
- Cloud Computing Vertrag - Miet- oder Werkvertrag oder doch Vertrag sui generis, Zeitschrift für Informationsrecht (ZIR) 5/2014, 372-375
- Mifid II bringt erheblichen Mehraufwand bei Provisionsberatung, FONDS professionell, 3/2017 (with Christian Lenz)
- Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut)
- Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
- American Bar Association – International Law Section