Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

{{Short description|Legal research institute in Hamburg, Germany}}

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| name = Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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| size = 185px

| abbreviation = MPIPRIV

| formation = {{start date|1926|||df=y}}

| type = legal research

| headquarters =

| location = Hamburg, Germany

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| leader_title = Director

| leader_name = Holger Fleischer, Ralf Michaels and Anne Röthel

| parent_organization = Max Planck Society

| num_staff = approx. 140

| website = [https://www.mpipriv.de/home www.mpipriv.de]

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The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, MPIPRIV) is a legal research institute located in Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpipriv.de/en/pub/academic_body.cfm|title=Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law - Academic Body|website=www.mpipriv.de|access-date=2019-09-30}} It is operated by the Max Planck Society. Founded in 1949, it is the successor institution of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, which was founded in 1926."[http://www.mpipriv.de/en/pub/about_us/academic_history.cfm Academic History]." Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. Retrieved 15 September 2015. Since 1956 it has been based in Hamburg's district of Rotherbaum.

The institute is part of the research network Max Planck Law.