Dr. Maximilian Gerhold

Maximilian Gerhold is an enthusiastic specialist in public law. From the beginning of his law studies in Passau and Toulouse, he worked at the Chair of Public Law, Media and Information Law in Passau. In addition to constitutional law, his focus was on the then new General Data Protection Regulation, European data and media law and freedom of information law. He has built up a great deal of expertise in these areas.

He received his doctorate in 2022 with a thesis on „Lawyers’ Professional Practice in the Service of the Rule of Law” at the University of Passau (Prof. Dr. Kai von Lewinski) and the University of Toulouse (Prof. Dr. Aurore Gaillet). The thesis was awarded several prizes.

During his legal clerkship, Maximilian Gerhold also dealt intensively with constitutional and European law. He worked in the Legal Service of the European Commission (Institutions Team), where he was involved in representing the Commission before the European Court of Justice and the General Court in Luxembourg together with Commission staff. He then clerked at the Federal Constitutional Court in the cabinet of Justice Prof. Dr. Ines Härtel, where he deepened his practical experience in constitutional litigation.

He brings these diverse perspectives and experience to advising companies and authorities on public law issues. Maximilian Gerhold joined the OPPENLÄNDER Public Law team as a trainee, then as a research assistant and since 2025 as a lawyer.

He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Passau. In the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer), he serves on the Committee for the Federal Lawyers’ Act as well as on the European Affairs Committee.

Maximilian Gerhold is a member of the Society for Comparative Law (Public Law Section) and the German-French Lawyers’ Association.

Languages: French, English, Spanish