Maximilian Pika

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+49 160 1039911

maximilian.pika@aurelius.law

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BACKGROUND

  • Admitted to the German Bar in 2017

  • Further admission in England & Wales (Barrister)

  • Heidelberg University, Dr. iur., summa cum laude; Research Fellow at the Institute for Private International Law

  • The Hague Academy of International Law, Diploma

  • Former scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)

  • Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (read)
  • Defended the Federal Republic of Germany against Vattenfall in the US$ 7 billion arbitration regarding the nuclear phase-out until its settlement (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12)
  • Defending the Federal Republic of Germany in an arbitration regarding the coal phase-out (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/47)
  • Representing Wintershall Dea in two parallel ad-hoc arbitrations against the Russian Federation regarding the oil & gas sector
  • Representing four German banks in an arbitration against Spain concerning its renewable energy reform (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45)
  • Representing an investor in an arbitration against Spain concerning its renewable energy reform (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30)
  • Represented a bank in an arbitration against Italy concerning a renewable energy project (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/03)
  • Defending the Czech Republic in an arbitration brought by a French advertisement company (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/33)
  • Represented a Central European fintech company in an ICC arbitration against a South-Eastern European State under the State’s investment law
  • Acted for a South-Eastern European State in an ad-hoc arbitration in the mining sector
  • Represented a U.S. subsidiary of an Asian pharmaceutical company in two arbitrations against a Swedish pharmaceutical company seated in Sweden (SCC cases)
  • Represented a U.S. luxury distribution company against a French producer in an arbitration seated in Switzerland (ICC case)
  • Represented a U.S. company in an ICC arbitration seated in the Netherlands concerning a shareholder dispute under French law (ICC case)
  • Represented a U.S. company in a USD 100 mil. shareholder dispute seated in New York (IDRC case)
  • Acted for a U.S. company in an energy arbitration under Cayman law (ICC case)
  • Acted for a U.S. company in an arbitration regarding clothing manufacturing seated in New York (ICC case)
  • Acted for a German telecommunications company in an arbitration of approx. EUR 100 million seated in Germany (DIS case)
  • Served as presiding arbitrator in a TMT dispute under German law seated in Germany (DIS case)
  • Acted as tribunal secretary in an oil & gas arbitration under the UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts seated in Singapore (SIAC case)
  • Acted as tribunal secretary in an arbitration between a Swiss and a South Korean company in the life sciences sector seated in Singapore (SIAC case)
  • Acted as assistant to the sole arbitrator in an arbitration in the mechanical engineering sector seated in Switzerland (Swiss Rules case)
  • Represented a Seychelles company in a dispute under English and Cayman law seated in Switzerland (SIAC case)
  • Defended a German oil & gas company in a climate-change litigation in German courts
  • Jus Conntect: Power List 2025 – Top Male Lawyers in Arbitration (Global). This data-backed ranking only considers real case work verified by Jus Mundi’s extensive arbitration case database.
  • Leaders League: Arbitrators, Germany, ‘Recommended’ tier (since 2023)
  • Leaders League: Recognized as key figure, Germany’s best law firms for international arbitration
  • Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt: ‘One to Watch’, Arbitration, Germany (since 2022)
  • Global Arbitration Review: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Legal 500: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Chambers Global: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Third-Party Effects of Arbitral Awards, Wolters Kluwer, International Arbitration Law Library, Volume 49, 2019, 368 + XX pp. (Foreword by Prof. Campbell McLachlan QC)
  • “Auf dem Weg zu einem europäischen Schiedsverfahrensrecht oder zu außereuropäischen Schiedsorten?“, [2023] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 238-243
  • “Harte Patronatserklärungen und Wahlschulden nach EuGVVO und Rom I-VO” [2022] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 159-164
  • „Abuse of Process”, Jus Mundi, Wiki
  • “Res Judicata”, Jus Mundi, Wiki
  • “Full Protection and Security”, Jus Mundi (with Arne Fuchs)
  • “Schiedsvereinbarungsstatut und konkludente Rechtswahl”, [2021] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 508-512
  • Case Note, Higher Regional Court of Munich, 20 December 2019, 34 Sch 14/18 (Article VI New York Convention), [2020] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 150-154
  • Case Note, German Federal Court of Justice, 11 October 2018, I ZB 9/18 (on res judicata in arbitration), [2019] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 150-154
  • “Schiedsspruch ultra partes? – Die subjektive Rechtskrafterstreckung anhand von Parteiautonomie und rechtlichem Gehör”, (2018) 131 Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess, pp. 225-259
  • “Vertrauensschutz im Vertriebsrecht”, [2017] Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, pp. 32-63 (with Dr. Leonhard Huebner)
  • “Privatscheidungen zwischen europäischem Kollisions- und Zivilprozessrecht”, [2017] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 37-48 (with Prof. Marc-Philippe Weller)
  • “Das Rechtsbehelfssystem des CISG”, [2016] Juristische Schulung, pp. 781-786
  • “Die Kammer für internationale Handelssachen – Eine einmalige Gelegenheit durch den Brexit”, [2016] Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, pp. 206-209
  • Case Note, DIRECTV v. Imburgia, 136 S. Ct. 48 (on class actions and arbitration), [2016] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 38-40 (with Pierre Trippel)
  • “Der Anknüpfungsgegenstand von Art. 12 Rom II-VO”, [2014] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 305-309

Maximilian Pika

PARTNER

+49 160 1039911

maximilian.pika@aurelius.law

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BACKGROUND

  • Admitted to the German Bar in 2017

  • Further admission in England & Wales (Barrister)

  • Heidelberg University, Dr. iur., summa cum laude; Research Fellow at the Institute for Private International Law

  • The Hague Academy of International Law, Diploma

  • Former scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)

  • Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (read)
  • Defended the Federal Republic of Germany against Vattenfall in the US$ 7 billion arbitration regarding the nuclear phase-out until its settlement (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12)
  • Defending the Federal Republic of Germany in an arbitration regarding the coal phase-out (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/47)
  • Representing Wintershall Dea in two parallel ad-hoc arbitrations against the Russian Federation regarding the oil & gas sector
  • Representing four German banks in an arbitration against Spain concerning its renewable energy reform (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45)
  • Representing an investor in an arbitration against Spain concerning its renewable energy reform (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30)
  • Represented a bank in an arbitration against Italy concerning a renewable energy project (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/03)
  • Defending the Czech Republic in an arbitration brought by a French advertisement company (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/33)
  • Represented a Central European fintech company in an ICC arbitration against a South-Eastern European State under the State’s investment law
  • Acted for a South-Eastern European State in an ad-hoc arbitration in the mining sector
  • Represented a U.S. subsidiary of an Asian pharmaceutical company in two arbitrations against a Swedish pharmaceutical company seated in Sweden (SCC cases)
  • Represented a U.S. luxury distribution company against a French producer in an arbitration seated in Switzerland (ICC case)
  • Represented a U.S. company in an ICC arbitration seated in the Netherlands concerning a shareholder dispute under French law (ICC case)
  • Represented a U.S. company in a USD 100 mil. shareholder dispute seated in New York (IDRC case)
  • Acted for a U.S. company in an energy arbitration under Cayman law (ICC case)
  • Acted for a U.S. company in an arbitration regarding clothing manufacturing seated in New York (ICC case)
  • Acted for a German telecommunications company in an arbitration of approx. EUR 100 million seated in Germany (DIS case)
  • Served as presiding arbitrator in a TMT dispute under German law seated in Germany (DIS case)
  • Acted as tribunal secretary in an oil & gas arbitration under the UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts seated in Singapore (SIAC case)
  • Acted as tribunal secretary in an arbitration between a Swiss and a South Korean company in the life sciences sector seated in Singapore (SIAC case)
  • Acted as assistant to the sole arbitrator in an arbitration in the mechanical engineering sector seated in Switzerland (Swiss Rules case)
  • Represented a Seychelles company in a dispute under English and Cayman law seated in Switzerland (SIAC case)
  • Defended a German oil & gas company in a climate-change litigation in German courts
  • Jus Conntect: Power List 2025 – Top Male Lawyers in Arbitration (Global). This data-backed ranking only considers real case work verified by Jus Mundi’s extensive arbitration case database.
  • Leaders League: Arbitrators, Germany, ‘Recommended’ tier (since 2023)
  • Leaders League: Recognized as key figure, Germany’s best law firms for international arbitration
  • Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt: ‘One to Watch’, Arbitration, Germany (since 2022)
  • Global Arbitration Review: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Legal 500: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Chambers Global: mentioned (since 2022)
  • Third-Party Effects of Arbitral Awards, Wolters Kluwer, International Arbitration Law Library, Volume 49, 2019, 368 + XX pp. (Foreword by Prof. Campbell McLachlan QC)
  • “Auf dem Weg zu einem europäischen Schiedsverfahrensrecht oder zu außereuropäischen Schiedsorten?“, [2023] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 238-243
  • “Harte Patronatserklärungen und Wahlschulden nach EuGVVO und Rom I-VO” [2022] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 159-164
  • „Abuse of Process”, Jus Mundi, Wiki
  • “Res Judicata”, Jus Mundi, Wiki
  • “Full Protection and Security”, Jus Mundi (with Arne Fuchs)
  • “Schiedsvereinbarungsstatut und konkludente Rechtswahl”, [2021] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 508-512
  • Case Note, Higher Regional Court of Munich, 20 December 2019, 34 Sch 14/18 (Article VI New York Convention), [2020] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 150-154
  • Case Note, German Federal Court of Justice, 11 October 2018, I ZB 9/18 (on res judicata in arbitration), [2019] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 150-154
  • “Schiedsspruch ultra partes? – Die subjektive Rechtskrafterstreckung anhand von Parteiautonomie und rechtlichem Gehör”, (2018) 131 Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess, pp. 225-259
  • “Vertrauensschutz im Vertriebsrecht”, [2017] Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht, pp. 32-63 (with Dr. Leonhard Huebner)
  • “Privatscheidungen zwischen europäischem Kollisions- und Zivilprozessrecht”, [2017] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 37-48 (with Prof. Marc-Philippe Weller)
  • “Das Rechtsbehelfssystem des CISG”, [2016] Juristische Schulung, pp. 781-786
  • “Die Kammer für internationale Handelssachen – Eine einmalige Gelegenheit durch den Brexit”, [2016] Zeitschrift für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, pp. 206-209
  • Case Note, DIRECTV v. Imburgia, 136 S. Ct. 48 (on class actions and arbitration), [2016] German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ), pp. 38-40 (with Pierre Trippel)
  • “Der Anknüpfungsgegenstand von Art. 12 Rom II-VO”, [2014] Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), pp. 305-309