Dr Tobias Pörnbacher is Senior Associate at ADVANT Beiten's Munich office and member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His area of activity comprises litigation and arbitration. He advises his national and international clients in complex international disputes out-of-court dispute resolution and represents them before state courts and arbitration tribunals, in particular in corporate, commercial and contract law disputes and in the enforcement of claims against contractual partners. He has experience as counsel in more than 20 arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules, in particular under DIS and ICC rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitration proceedings in a wide range of industries. He also acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals in various arbitration proceedings.
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher studied law and European law at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg. He was admitted to the German Bar in 2022 and obtained his doctoral degree at the Julius Maximilians University Würzburg (Dr. iur., 2024). In 2025, he received his LL.M. degree in International Construction Contracts from Panthéon – Assas University in Paris. Since 2022 he has been working with ADVANT Beiten.
Publications:
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (BayObLG): Requirements for Setting Aside an Arbitral Award
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher
in: IWRZ 03/2026
CJEU | Assignee's ability to invoke a jurisdiction clause from the original contract
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher and Oliver Korte
in: IWRZ 2026, p. 47 et seq.
Overriding of Arbitration/Choice of Court Agreements in Russia – Procedural Solutions and Potential Impediments
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher and Natalia Bogdanova
in: IWRZ, 2025, p. 239. set seq.
International jurisdiction of German courts in connection with the UK's withdrawal from the EU
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher
in: IWRZ 2025, p. 98 et seq.
No actio pro socio of the shareholder against the external managing director of a GmbH
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher and Benjamin Knorr
in: IWRZ 2025, p. 135 et seq.
CJEU: CJEU | Restriction of the Freedom of Establishment by Legislation on Applicable Law in Corporate Matters
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher and Flavia Trombetti
in: IWRZ 2024, p. 173 et seq.
Burden of presentation and proof for damages due to incorrect investment advice and immoral damage (OLG Cologne, judgement of 21.12.2023 - 24 U 15/23)
Dr Tobias Pörnbacher and Katharina Pöhls
in: IWRZ 2024, p. 147 et seq.
Lectures/Seminars:
“Corporate Responsibility and Cross-Border Risks: Russian and German Approaches”, Webinar together with Alexander Bezborodov and Natalia Bogdanova on 22 April 2026
“DIS40 Munich: Corporate law disputes and arbitration – everything clarified or all ambiguities removed?”, Panellist on 24 July 2025 in Munich
Books:
European data protection law and competition - Impact of European and German Influences on the Interpretation of the GDPR
Publishing house Dr Kovač, Dr Tobias Pörnbacher (ed.)
