Prof. Dr. Michael Kilian

Attorney, Of Counsel

Michael Kilian served as Professor of Public, International and European Law in Heidelberg and Halle/Saale from 1990. After completing his Law degree at the University of Tübingen, he initially worked in European law as private secretary to the politician Walter Hallstein before undertaking his doctorate in International Law and gaining his habilitation in Public Finance Law. A period of extensive publication activity followed, mainly on constitutional, administrative, international, financial and cultural law. Professor Kilian served as a judge in the Second Central Office of the State Constitutional Court of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 to 2000. Professor Kilian was awarded emeritus status in 2014 and has served since then as a lawyer of counsel with PETERSEN HARDRAHT PRUGGMAYER in Dresden. As a lecturer, legal adviser and source of expert opinions, his work encompasses general municipal law, state and municipal finance law, cultural and foundation law, the constitutional law of the new German states, as well as international and European law.