Max Planck Society

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

Max Planck Legal Studies Network
International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Zimmermann, FBA FRSE

Managing Director

Phone: +49 40 419 00 - 401

Facsimile: +49 40 419 00 - 402

Mail: r.zimmermann@mpipriv.de

Assistance: Angelika Okotokro

Phone: +49 40 419 00 - 400

Mail: okotokro@mpipriv.de

Main Fields of Research:

Law of obligations and law of succession in historical and comparative perspective; Relationship between the English common law and continental civil law; Mixed legal systems (in particular Scotland and South Africa); Harmonization of European private law