Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Thomas M.J. Möllers
Chair for Civil Law, Commercial Law, European Law, International Private Law and Comparative Law
Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Thomas M.J. Möllers
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The Chair Team
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Education and Studies
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Science and research news
German-Turkish Symposium
04.10.2025
Professor Thomas M.J. Möllers gave a lecture on “The new Product Liability Directive and its implementation in German law” at the German-Turkish Symposium on Turkish, German, and European liability law on October 17, 2025, at the Faculty of Law of Ankara University.
In addition to members of the University of Augsburg (Professors Rossi, Buchner, Benecke, Hübner, and Drs. Neumann and Temel), speakers from the host university reported on current developments in Turkish liability law. The presentations were followed by a lively discussion. The conference, which was held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Law at Ankara University, was well attended by students, assistants, lecturers, professors, and lawyers.
Published: Merwald/Jahn, ZIP 2025, 2601-2609.
23.10.2025
The legal dispute over Tesla CEO Elon Musk's compensation package has brought the discussion about the appropriateness of executive compensation back into the international spotlight. The article by Maximilian Merwald and Alexandra Jahn analyzes the different approaches to regulating executive compensation in Germany and the US. It shows how both legal systems attempt to ensure performance-based and controllable executive compensation, but take different approaches in doing so. Dr. Merwald is an academic advisor and Ms. Jahn is a student assistant at Professor Möllers' chair.
Published: Möllers/Plail, WuB 10/2025
22.10.2025
The commentary “On the official liability of BaFin due to the ban on short selling and criminal charges” by Professor Dr. Thomas M.J. Möllers and Maximilian Plail on the ruling of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart of December 18, 2024 - 4 U 94/24 was recently published in the online edition of WuB 10/2025 - Decision Notes on Commercial and Banking Law. Mr. Plail is a research assistant at Professor Möllers' chair.
Research
Main research interests
- German and European Capital Markets law
- German and European Company Law
- Legal methods
- Comparative Law
- European Union Law
- Competition Law
Institutes and research centres
Professor Thomas M.J. Möllers is in charge of
a number of institutes and research centres in different legal systems.
Professor Dr. Prof. h.c. Thomas M.J. Möllers
- Phone: +49 (0)821 598-4515
Secretary's office
Phone: +49 (0)821 598-4516
E-Mail: helga.weidenhammer@jura.uni-augsburg.de
Room: 1026 (H)
Office hours: upon consultation
Adress
Universitätsstraße 24,
86159 Augsburg