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Observatoire des Actions de Groupe

Axel Halfmeier

From 1988 to 1993 he studied law at the University of Hamburg (first state examination 1993). After his LL.M. studies (1995-1996) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his legal clerkship (1996-1999), he passed the major state law examination before the HansOLG in 1999. After receiving his doctorate (Dr. iur.) in 1999 and his habilitation in 2006, he was Professor of German and International Private and Commercial Law at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012, he has been Professor of Civil Law, Comparative Law and Private International and Procedural Law at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Publications

Halfmeier, Axel; Hensler, Deborah R.; Kalajdzic, Jasminka; Cashman, Peter; Gómez, Manuel A.; Tzankova, IanikaThe Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation Lessons from the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Case [URL]

News

The Perfect Law Conference 2023 will be happening on April 27th and April 28th at Central Hall Westminister. Speaker include Han Jongneel, …

On April 29th, the 18th National Symposium on Class Actions will happen in Ontario, Canada. Registry is now open, and you can …

The Mass Action Forum 2023 will be happening on February 22nd and 23rd, in San Diego, at the El Prado at Balboa …

CPLJ Lecture Series

The CPLJ Lecture Series is part of the Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) project, which brings together more than one hundred academics worldwide. …