PhD theses and Master’s dissertations

The following doctoral theses were successfully completed at the department (total: 31):

Dr Sebastian Haimerl (external link, opens in a new window)
The legal treatment of successive capital increases, 2026

Dr Florian Piehler (external link, opens in a new window)
Buyer and seller protection mechanisms for payments in e-commerce, 2026
(Juratisbona Prize for an outstanding doctoral thesis, 2026)

Dr Julian Hoffmann (external link, opens in a new window)
Retained earnings in a limited liability company (GmbH) – exclusion of a shareholder’s property rights within the limits of the company’s object, 2026

Dr Patrick Tschech
Methodology of the Development of Secondary EU Law – A Study Based on the Role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Process of Law-Making and Law Enforcement (Juratisbona Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2026)

Dr Leopold von Buttlar (external link, opens in a new window)
Duties of managing directors in the event of a sudden corporate crisis –
Duties of conduct under company law in corporate crises resulting from a macroeconomic shock, 2025
(Nomos Verlag, 2025, ISBN 978-3-7560-3182-5)

Dr Lukas Lehrhuber (external link, opens in a new window)
The Electronic Agent – Civil-law Consequences of Delegating Decision-Making to Autonomous Computer Systems, 2025
(Duncker & Humblot, 2025, ISBN 978-3-428-19607-4)

Dr Hagen Weiss (external link, opens in a new window)
Systemic Changes Brought About by Crypto-Assets – A Capital Markets Law Analysis of Classification, Principles and Methods, 2025
(Juratisbona Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2025)
(Mohr Siebeck, 2025, ISBN 978-3-16-164776-5)

Dr Johannes Weiß
Data Ownership, 2024
(Mohr Siebeck, 2025, ISBN 978-3-16-164146-6)

Dr Chaoyi Ling
Liability for unauthorised and erroneous bank transfers in Germany and China, 2024
(Online resource; epub.uni-regensburg.de/58677 (external link, opens in a new window))

Dr Vincent Ziller (external link, opens in a new window)
The Exclusion of Executive Board Employment Contracts from the Review of Standard Terms and Conditions, 2024
(Nomos Verlag, 2024, ISBN 978-3-7489-4540-6)

Dr Louis Schuchmann (external link, opens in a new window)
The prohibition on asset stripping (Section 292 of the German Capital Investment Act (KAGB)) in the context of LBO transactions – an analysis of the scope and functionality of the special takeover right under Sections 287 et seq. of the KAGB, 2024
(Nomos Verlag, 2024, ISBN 978-3-7560-1287-9)

Dr Julia Lösch
Culpa in contrahendo (c.i.c.) in post-M&A disputes, 2023
(Nomos Verlag, 2024, ISBN 978-3-7560-0860-5)

Dr Pikria Kalichava
Digitalisation in company law: The implications for the board of directors and the general meeting of a public limited company, 2023
(Online resource, epub.uni-regensburg.de/55271 (external link, opens in a new window))

Dr Betina Fischer (external link, opens in a new window)
The Legal Classification of Private Mileage Leasing Contracts, 2023
(Nomos Verlag, 2024, ISBN 978-3-7560-1263-3)

Dr Michael Bieber
Transparency versus confidentiality – a tension in consumer disputes before the courts and consumer arbitration boards, 2023
(Duncker & Humblot, 2024, ISBN 978-3-428-19155-0)

Dr Tim Kupfer (external link, opens in a new window)
Corporate recourse for fines under capital markets law, 2023
(Nomos, 2023, ISBN 978-3-7560-1212-1)

Dr Julia Schöfer (external link, opens in a new window)
Admissibility and Limits of the Duty of Supervisory Board Members of a Public Limited Company to Incriminate Themselves, 2022
(Nomos Verlag, 2022, ISBN 978-3-8487-8754-8)

Dr Christina Albath (external link, opens in a new window)
Shareholder Activism in the Context of the Annual General Meeting, 2022
(Nomos Verlag, 2022, ISBN 978-3-8487-7519-4)

Dr Johannes Pfeiffer (external link, opens in a new window)
The Compulsory Removal of a Shareholder from a GmbH, 2022
(Utz-Verlag, 2022, ISBN 978-3-8316-4863-4)

Dr Felix Müller-Mürnseer (external link, opens in a new window)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: Development, Quality and Enforcement of the Duties of the Supervisory Board, 2019
(Nomos Verlag, 2020, ISBN 978-3-7489-0640-7)

Dr Corinna Freudenmacher (external link, opens in a new window)
Interrelated Contracts within the Meaning of Section 360 of the German Civil Code (BGB) – Specifying the Scope of Application by Establishing a Distinguishing Criterion from the Law of Related Contracts, 2019
(Duncker & Humblot, 2020, ISBN 978-3-428-15902-4)

Dr Wolfgang Doblinger
Prospectus Liability – On the Relationship between Codification and Case Law, 2018
(Nomos, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8487-5816-6)

Dr Verena Stenzel (external link, opens in a new window)
The Prohibition of Multiple Representation in Group Structures of Public Limited Companies and Limited Liability Companies, 2017
(Juratisbona Prize for an outstanding doctoral thesis, 2017)
(Nomos Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8487-4509-8)

Dr Stefan Schneider
The Voting Agreement, 2017
(Juratisbona Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2017)
(Mohr Siebeck, 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-155492-6)

Dr Markus Morgenroth (external link, opens in a new window)
Directors’ Liability for Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, 2016
(Nomos, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8487-3838-0)

Dr Malgorzata Wojtas (external link, opens in a new window)
Liability for culpa in contrahendo in Poland and Germany, 2016
(Juratisbona Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2016)
(Mohr Siebeck, 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-155174-1)

Dr Franz-Josef Lederer (external link, opens in a new window)
Duties of disclosure in relation to structured swaps, 2016
(Duncker & Humblot, 2017, ISBN 978-3428150977)

Dr Tobias Moser (external link, opens in a new window)
Risks of Abuse by Opposing Bondholders under the New German Bond Act, 2015
(Nomos Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8487-2528-1)

Dr Gregor Janisch (external link, opens in a new window)
The cross-border transfer of the registered office of companies – the need for and structure of a directive on the transfer of the registered office, 2015
(Juratisbona Prize for an outstanding doctoral thesis, 2015)
(Nomos Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8487-2390-4)

Dr Johannes Hüttinger (external link, opens in a new window)
Instruments for the pre-insolvency restructuring of the corporate entity – stakeholder interests – mode of operation – liability risks – need for reform, 2015
(Juratisbona Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2015)
(Nomos Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8487-2321-8)

Dr Agnieszka Chambellan (external link, opens in a new window)
The Europeanisation of Travel Contract Law – The Traveller’s Rights in the Event of Defects in a Comparative Study of German and Polish Law, 2015
(Mohr Siebeck, 2016, ISBN 978-3-16-154043-1)

The Department supervised successfully completed Master’s theses in the Master’s programmes in law offered by the Faculty of Law (22):

LL.M. in Compliance: (external link, opens in a new window)

• Arsen Pogosjan: “Development of sanction-compliant compliance management systems for global supply chains”, 2025
• Judith Marie Schwinger: “Centralised Outsourcing Management as a Compliance Function”, 2019
• Tommas Kaplan: “Anti-Money Laundering Compliance in the Property Sector – Effective Implementation of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance in the Property Sector (DNFBP) following the Amendment to the Money Laundering Act”, 2020
• Matthias Müller: “Business partner screening at an asset management company as a responsibility of the compliance function”, 2020
• Dominik Heske: “Due Diligence Obligations under the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act with Regard to Indirect Suppliers: The Case of the Textile Industry”, 2021
• Vanessa Rahn: “Implementation of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act in a corporate start-up”, 2022
• Marlene Carina Weidlich: “Overlaps and interdependencies of due diligence obligations under the compliance regimes of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the Money Laundering Act (GWG), and their practical implementation”, 2022
• Felix Fischer: “Inadequate fulfilment of the duty to organise information, using ad hoc announcements as an example: requirements for effective compliance monitoring”, 2023
• Yannik Lindt: “Design of fraud prevention measures taking into account Section 675u of the German Civil Code (BGB)”, 2023
• Kathrin Lohmann-Kalisch: “Supply Chain Due Diligence Act – The implementation of statutory due diligence obligations under the LkSG into existing compliance management systems, taking into account the specific characteristics of the group”, 2023
• Sabrina Schönstein: “Compliance to Prevent Corruption in the Property Sector”, 2024
• Schlesinger, Sven: “LkSG vs. CSDDD – A Comparison of Scopes of Application and Due Diligence Obligations”, 2024
• Barwitzki, Thomas: “ The overlap between money laundering and the LkSG”, 2024
• Kahlig, Clemens: “ A Comparison of the Scope of Application of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Implications for Insurance Companies”, 2024
• Lohwasser, Thomas: “ Holding Companies under the LkSG and the CSDDD”, 2025

LL.M. Legal Tech: (external link, opens in a new window)

• Muhammad Senn: “Bitcoin as a Means of Payment”, 2021
• Maria Fichtler: “The Possibility of Tokenising Securities Fund Units”, 2022
• Coletta Braun: “Tokenisation of Assets – An Examination of the Technical and Legal Challenges with a Focus on Property Law”, 2023
• Ibrahim Kambali: “Automated Claims for Damages under the GDPR”, 2023
• Nuchimowicz, Daniel: “Introducing Legal Tech to the Legal Department – A Practical Guide”, 2024
• Schulz, Christopher, “ Opportunities Offered by Digital Twins: The Case of the Property Sector – The Use of Building Information Modelling (BIM)”, 2024

LL.M. in Human Resources Management: (external link, opens in a new window)

• Christina Baldauf: “The Applicability of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act to Public-Law Bodies”, 2022

Please address enquiries regarding PhD studies in writing – preferably by email – to the Chair. Dissertation topics are assigned from the areas of law covered by the Chair, namely civil law, German and European banking and capital markets law, German and European company law, European private law and legal theory.

In addition to a brief covering letter, your PhD application should include a detailed CV (in tabular form) that outlines your academic and professional background.

Candidates may be accepted as doctoral students provided they have passed at least one state law examination with the grade‘fully satisfactory’. In all other respects, the doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg apply.

Dissertation topics should, in principle, be devised by the candidate themselves. The submission of a topic that is, in principle, suitable demonstrates the applicant’s academic aptitude. This does not, however, preclude the possibility that the topic you have identified may be refined or modified within the framework of your personal doctoral supervision. It is advisable to provide a brief exposé outlining how you arrived at the specific topic and what findings you hope to achieve. The exposé should be accompanied by a review of the relevant literature on the proposed topic. The main aim of such an exposé is essentially to demonstrate that you have already familiarised yourself independently with your chosen topic. Above all, it should highlight questions that could be answered as the research progresses. In exceptional cases, topics may also be proposed by the chair holder.