Dr. Maximilian Volmar

Maximilian specialises in M&A transactions, restructurings and joint ventures. He has a particular focus on renewable energy and venture capital.

Work highlights

• BlackRock: advising on its agreement with ENVIRIA, a leading commercial and industrial decentralised energy solutions provider, for an equity investment of over USD 200m from its Global Renewable Power IV (GRP IV) Fund.
• TPG Rise Climate Fund and GIC: advising on the EUR 6.7bn acquisition of the energy and metering technology company Techem from Partners Group, CDPQ and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
• Glennmont Partners: advising on the acquisition of 50% in offshore wind farm Gode Wind 3 from Ørsted (planned capacity: 253 MW).
• KfW: advising on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the LNG terminal project in Brunsbüttel from Gasunie.
• Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and TotalEnergies: advising on the EUR 4.4bn non-recourse financing of its EV battery gigafactories 

Maximilian joined Linklaters as an Associate in 2023. He previously worked as an Associate at a US law firm in Berlin and trained at the European Commission in Brussels.

Maximilian studied law at Freiburg University and holds a Master of Corporate Law (MCL) from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, and a PhD from Hamburg University.

During his PhD he worked as a Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg.

Maximilian publishes articles in German and international journals. Recent publications include:

• Die Intermediationsmacht von Competitive Bottlenecks, NZKart 2020, 170-176
• Märkte ohne Geld – der kartellrechtliche Marktbegriff im digitalen Zeitalter, WRP 2019, 582-587
• Digitale Marktmacht, Nomos 2019 (Best PhD thesis award, Friedrich Naumann alumni association)

• Ohio v. American Express: Der US Supreme Court entscheidet zur Marktabgrenzung bei mehrseitigen Plattformen, 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, European Competition Journal 2018, 195-215 (co-authored by Dr Katharina Helmdach)
• Einführung in das Kartellrecht unter Berücksichtigung der 9. GWB-Novelle, JuS 2018, 14-17 (co-authored by Dr Jonas Kranz)
• Marktabgrenzung bei mehrseitigen Internetplattformen, ZWeR 2017, 386-408