Max is Taxbit's Managing Director for Europe, Co-Founder of ValueVerse as well as Board Member of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications - INATBA. He holds a PhD in transnational criminal law and related policy-making from the University of Vienna and the University of Queensland, Australia. Since 2016, he has been working at a renowned law firm in Vienna and, based on his achievements, was also appointed to the Austrian judge exam, which he passed in 2020. Max lectures at different Universities, has published numerous articles with well-known publishers and regularly acts as an advisor and speaker in the area of crypto-related regulation. In his positions, he has been heavily involved in the work on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), DAC8 as well as the recent anti-money laundering package. In 2024, Max was appointed GBBC's Global Ambassador for Taxation.