Notary Public
Dr. Thomas Schiffner

Professional Career

• Law studies in Munich
• PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
• Notary trainee in Ingolstadt and Regensburg as well as at the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice in Munich
• Notary in Weiden since April 2008
• Lecturer in the traineeship program in real estate and condominium law
• Examiner in the notarial examination and the 2nd State Examination in Law

Professional Publications

• Open Source Software – Free Software in German Copyright and Contract Law, 2003, Herbert Utz Verlag
• Open Source Software and Copyright in Europe – An Overview by Michael Lehmann and Thomas Schiffner, 2001, Automation Technology Practice atp 2001/3
• The Exemption Provision of Section 7 GrEStG with Special Consideration of the Establishment and Termination of Condominium Ownership, Stefan Gottwald and Thomas Schiffner, MittBayNot 2006/2, p. 125 ff.
• Co-author of Beck’s Formularbuch Immobilienrecht, 4th edition 2023, ISBN 978-3-406-78756-0
• Co-author of Reithmann/Terbrack, Purchasing from the Developer, 9th edition 2024, ISBN 978-3-504-64858-9

Legal Reviews

• Andrae, International Family Law, 2nd ed., Nomos, 2006, MittBayNot 2007, pp. 198–199.
• Römermann, Munich Lawyers’ Handbook on GmbH Law, 2nd ed., Beck, 2009, MittBayNot 2010, pp. 114–116.