Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann, D.E.A., LL.M., J.S.D.

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Professorship for Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law

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Curriculum Vitae:

born 1972 in Gotha
1991-1996 Studied law at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
1996-1997 Research assistant at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
1997-1998 Postgraduate studies at the University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
1999-2002 Legal clerkship at the Court of Appeal
2002 Doctorate at the University of Jena
2002-2006 Research assistant at the Technical University of Dresden
2003-2004 LL.M. studies at Columbia University, New York
2005-2006 Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, research at Columbia University, New York
2006-2007 Academic advisor at the University of Bayreuth
2007-2015 professeur invité, Université Bordeaux
2008 Habilitation at the University of Bayreuth
2009-2014 holder of the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law and European Law at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Annual guest lecturer at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville since 2010
since 2010 annual guest lecturer at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
2011 Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) at Columbia University
2013-2014 Visiting Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science
2014-2020 Holder of the Chair of Civil Law, Private International and European Private and Commercial Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Director of the Institute for Private International Law and Comparative Law at the same university
2015-2016 Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford
since 2020 professeur invite at the Université Sorbonne, Paris
since September 2020 Professor of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Institute for European Law, Public International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Vienna

 

Research areas:

* Private international law
* Banking and capital market law
* International procedural law, including arbitration
* Comparative law

"I see myself as a mediator between different legal systems - this is increasingly important in a globalizing world." (Matthias Lehmann)