Lawyers Max Hortmann
Lawyer
Of Counsel / freelancer / not employed
Admission Frankfurt am Main Bar Association
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Vita
Expertise
Lawyer Max Hortmann advises as Of Counsel at the law firm Herfurtner in the areas of inheritance law, real estate law, and international private law. His expertise includes the drafting of complex succession solutions, the legal structuring of cross-border assets, and the support of demanding real estate transactions.
After graduating with honors from Goethe University Frankfurt, Mr. Hortmann worked in Paris, New York, St. Petersburg, and Tokyo. He has worked for Greenberg Traurig LLP, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, and Jones Day, among others. The projects he has worked on include the acquisition of the Sony Center in Berlin and the takeover of Bombardier’s train division by Alstom.
He has been running his own law firm, Hortmann Law, in Frankfurt since 2024 and joined the Herfurtner team as Of Counsel in May 2025.
Career
- First state examination, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Second state examination, Frankfurt am Main Regional Court
- Admission: Frankfurt am Main Bar Association
Languages
- German
- English
- French (basic knowledge)
- Russian (basic knowledge)