Professor Paal is, with his expertise, a highly sought-after advisor for government agencies, private companies, and institutions.
The extensive consulting activity of Professor Paal is reflected in numerous expert opinions, memberships, and roles.
As chairman, he leads the Association for the Promotion of German, European, and Comparative Economic Law, which supports young legal professionals; through this, Professor Paal has a wide-ranging network of contacts both domestically and internationally.
Expert opinions (selection)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
Federal-State Commission on Media Convergence (Working Group on Intermediaries and Working Group on Platforms)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
German Bundestag (Expert for various committees)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
German National Academic Foundation
Universities and colleges at home and abroad (accreditations, assessment of appointment lists, evaluations, statements)
Memberships and Roles (Selection)
Antitrust Law Working Group at the Federal Cartel Office (since 2015)
Centre for Security and Society, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2009 – 2021)
Digital Ambassador of the Faculty of Law, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2020 – 2021)
German Association for Law and Informatics e.V. (DGRI) (since 2013) – Board member (since 2021)
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) (since 2011) – Board member of the Central-East district group (since 2021)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – Alumni network (since 2000)
German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (since 2008)
German Jurists’ Forum (DJT) e.V. (since 2006)
EUMETSAT – Deputy Member of the EUMETSAT Data Protection Supervisory Authority (since December 2022)
External Faculty of the EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH (since 2015)
Friends of the Faculty of Law Freiburg e.V. (since 2010) – also as auditor (2011 – 2018) and treasurer (2018 – 2021)
Society for Comparative Law (since 2011)
Corporate Law Association – Scientific Association for Corporate and Business Law (VGR) e.V. (since 2006)
Interdisciplinary Project of the European Academy on the study of consequences of scientific-technical developments “Energy storage and virtual power plants for the integration of renewable energies into the electricity supply” (2009 – 2011)
Judge at ELSA (The European Law Students’ Association) Germany Moot Court (since 2015)
Colloquium on International Antitrust and Economic Law (since 2015)
Board of the Scientific Society in Freiburg im Breisgau (2010 – 2015)
Study Group for Press Law and Press Freedom e.V. (since 2012) – also as board member (since 2014)
Association of Friends of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau e.V. (2010 – 2021)
Association for the Promotion of German, European, and Comparative Economic Law e.V. (since 2001) – also as chairman (since 2009)
Trustee lecturer of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2012 – 2021)
Scientific Association for the entire Regulatory Law (since 2015)
Scientific Advisory Board of ELSA (The European Law Students’ Association) Freiburg (since 2015)
Scientific Advisory Board of the Society for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD) (since 2020)
Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research / Hans-Bredow-Institute (HBI) Hamburg (since 2019)
Scientific Advisory Board of the company Datenschutzexperte.de (since 2018)
Scientific Advisory Board of the journal Freilaw (Freiburg Law Students Journal) (since 2014)
Scientific Advisory Board of the journal RDV – Recht der Datenverarbeitung (since 2022)
Scientific Advisory Board of the Student Journal for Legal Science Heidelberg (StudZR) (since 2006)
Journal for Digitalization and Law – Editor (since 2020)
Civil Law Professors Association e.V. (since 2009)