Maximilian Wegge joined the Martens team in March 2019. Previously, during his legal clerkship, he worked for another law firm specialising in sports law. After completing his legal training, he joined a German commercial law firm specialising in media and entertainment. He therefore has experience in the areas of IT, media law and digital business.

Maximilian Wegge is regularly involved in supporting associations and clubs in sports law matters. He also advises in connection with ordinary court and arbitration proceedings in the area of general civil law as well as corporate and association law. Maximilian Wegge is an honorary arbitrator in the arbitration tribunals of the Baden-Württemberg and Saarland state associations of a political party. In December 2023, Maximilian Wegge was appointed by the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice as an examiner for the second state law examination (civil law and the professional field of ‘advocacy’).

Expertise

• General legal advice in the field of sports, in particular on contract drafting and state and internal association court/disciplinary proceedings and arbitration proceedings
• IT and Media Law, Digital Business
• Association and Club law

Awards

2025 recognised as ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ in the Lexology Index Client Choice Report
2024 recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)’ in the ‘Who’s Who Legal Germany Report 2024 (hosted by Lexology)’
2023 recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)’ in the Who’s Who Legal Germany Report 2023

Notable Cases

• Advising two national sports federations on (antitrust) legal issues in connection with the so-called one-place principle
• Advising an international sports federation on the revision of its athlete agreement and privacy policy
• Advising an international sports federation on its dispute resolution mechanism for financial disputes
• Ongoing advice to two IT start-ups on the topics of general contract drafting, webshop terms and conditions and data protection
• Advising a Bundesliga football club on the submission of a complaint to the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber
• Representing Türkgücü München in a dispute over participation in the DFB Cup before association courts and state courts

Languages

German, English, French

Career History

2019 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2018 – 2019
Attorney at Law at SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte

2016 – 2018
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of the District of Munich with internships at, inter alia, the law firm Lentze Stopper (Munich)

2012 – 2013
Semester abroad at Jean-Moulin Lyon III University, Lyon (France)

2010 – 2016
Studies of law at Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Memberships

• Munich Bar Association
• AG Sports Law in the German Bar Association
• DIS-40 – German Initiative of Young Arbitration Lawyers
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)

Speeches and Lectures

2019 – present  
Lectures on Sports Law at the Technical University of Munich

Publications

• “Litigation in Germany”, in: Lexology, Platform Panoramic, Dispute Resolution - Chapter "Litigation, Germany", 2022-2024 (authors: Dr. Heiner Kahlert und Maximilian Wegge)
• “How Cryptocurrencies, Fan Tokens And NFTs Are Regulated In Germany”, on: LawinSport, Februar 2023
• “Kryptowährungen, Fan-Tokens und NFTs – ein Blick durch die Sportbrille”, in: SpuRt 2022, 354
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter?”, in: SpoPrax 7/2022, pp. 286 (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Political protest in football – is it time for a (legal) debate? Analysing FIFA’s regulations and recent actions in the Bundesliga”, on: LawinSport, June 2020 (https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/political-protest-in-football-is-it-time-for-a-legal-debate-analysing-fifa-s-regulations-and-recent-actions-in-the-bundesliga)