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Dr. Maximilian Maier
Dr. Maximilian Maier
Attorney at Law in Liechtenstein, Switzerland [ex RL 98/5/EC] and Austria & Notary Public in Liechtenstein
Dr. Maximilian Maier is admitted to the bar in Liechtenstein and Austria. He has extensive expertise in national and international law. After completing two professional trainings as well as law studies at the University of Innsbruck and a PhD, he gained valuable experience during his training in Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Dr. Maier's practice focuses on cross-border civil procedure law, corporate criminal law and advising private clients and family offices. Before founding the Maier law firm, Dr. Maier worked in renowned law firms and courts, including the Princely Court in Liechtenstein.
Expertise
Languages
German
English
Education
Notary examination, Principality of Liechtenstein, 2024
University of St. Gallen – courses Bar examination, Canton of St. Gallen, 2023
Bar exam Austria, 2020
Doctoral studies in law (October 2020), 2016–2020
Doctoral School Medical Law and Health Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, 2020
Summer Law School St. Mary's University Texas (Lawyering Abroad; International Contract Law), 2015
Summer Law School University of New Orleans (Business law; Legal Environment), 2014
Diploma in Law at Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, 2011–2016
Completion of two vocational training courses and a voluntary social year, until 2010
Work experience
Partner in a Liechtenstein law firm, 2021–2024
Independent attorney in Liechtenstein, 2021
Trainee attorney at law at FJG law firm, 2019–2021
Court practice at the Feldkirch Regional Court, 2019
Trainee lawyer at Thurnher Wittwer Pfefferkorn & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, 2017–2019
Court practice at the Princely Regional Court, 2016–2017
Trainee lawyer at Schwärzler Rechtsanwälte, 2016
Research assistant at the Institute for Civil Law at the University of Innsbruck, Prof. Eccher and Ass. Prof. Kristin Nemeth, 2011–2015
Publications
Product liability law in Austria: Safety expectations for defective ventilators (commentary by Maier/Haslinger/Wallner), MPR Journal for All Medical Device Law, Issue 3, 2025
Commentary on OGH 4 Ob 109/24v, RdM 2025/16, Product liability for ventilators for sleep apnea (Maier, Haslinger, Wallner)
Commentary on OGH 1 Ob 116/21x, AnwBI 2022, Issue 3, RV obligation for lawyers providing services - OGH 10b 116/21x
Commentary on OGH 7 Ob 142/18k, VersR 2020, 509-512 (On the anticipated coverage process of liability insurance)
Handbook on Corporate Criminal Law, The Liechtenstein Association Liability Act (together with Dr. Giesinger), Manz Verlag, 2020
Inheritance distribution agreement and settlement fee under the GeG 1957?, EFZ 2020/89, 214
AnWBl Austria, book review Collective agreements for the hospitality industry for workers and employees, AnWBl 2019, 402–403
Commentary on OGH 5 Ob 35/18k, ErbR 2019, 100–104 (with Dr. Wittwer)
Haslinger/Mitterecker, The Polbud decision of the ECJ and the new corporate law package of the EU Commission: Latest developments on cross-border relocation of registered offices, GES July 2018, issue 5, pp. 223–232
Review of Beck's Form Book for the Legal Department, AnWBl 2018, 314–315
Commentary on OGH 5 Ob 108/17v – AnwBl 2018, 331–336 (with Dr. Wittwer)
Commentary on OGH 5 Ob 108/17v – ErbR 2018, 13–27 (with Dr. Wittwer)
“Are German courts not obliged to include the deposit number and cadastral municipality of an Austrian property in the European Certificate of Succession?” AnWBl 2018, 639–641
Commentary on AG Augsburg 27.6.2015, 3 VI 94/17 and OLG Munich 12.9.2017, 31 Wx 275/17, ErbR 2018, 261–262
Review of Process Risk Analysis: Prospects of Success in Court (Jörg Risse/Matthias Morawietz, C.H. Beck), AnWBl 2018, 396–397
On the abolition of nursing care recourse, Vorarlberger Nachrichten 2018
The Geoblocking Regulation, Vorarlberger Nachrichten 2018
The antitrust limits of vertical supply agreements – Thoughts on contract drafting – publiclaw.at (December 14, 2017)
On the constitutionality of Liechtenstein's legal aid law for legal entities – LJZ 2017, 31–39
On the (in)admissibility of term-independent processing fees in consumer credit agreements – ÖJZ 2016, 1053–1062
Conference report on banking law forum 2015 – ÖBA 2016, 132–134
Duties of care of a notarial advisor when drawing up a divorce settlement agreement – Zak 2015, 188–191
Civil law model case solution – JAP “Legal Education and Practice” 2014/2015, 46–52
Various other book reviews in AnWBl (e.g., Palandt Commentary on the German Civil Code; Nomos Commentary on German Inheritance Law)
