Gleiss Lutz

Eric specialises in the area of commercial law including product liability, as well as in e-commerce, autonomous driving, connectivity and Industry 4.0. He advises clients in this area on drafting contracts and also represents them in litigious proceedings (esp. on disputes arising from contracts, on the enforcement of and the defence against liability and recourse claims, the conduct of class action-type lawsuits as well as on insolvency law disputes) before German courts and international arbitration tribunals.

When it comes to drafting contracts, Eric is among the leading lawyers in Germany and regularly advises clients on the structuring of contracts for – and the negotiation and implementation of – important projects with suppliers, customers and distribution and cooperation partners. He is also very active in the area of ESG and, in particular, the developments surrounding the Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains, where he advises a number of clients on setting up suitable compliance systems and on drafting contracts.

Furthermore, Eric is also one of the world’s leading experts in the area of product liability law. He advises clients on the development of risk avoidance strategies and also has extensive expertise and experience in dealing with crisis situations as well as potential recall scenarios at clients.

Eric studied law at the University of Erlangen. He has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2013. In 2012, he worked as a foreign attorney in dispute resolution at a leading law firm in New York. Since 2021 Eric has been an honorary professor at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he lectures in the field of international contract law and arbitration law. He is also a member of a number of professional associations, regularly gives talks and has authored numerous publications in his field of law. Among other things, he annotates the entire provisions on the sale of goods in Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich’s standard commentary on the German Civil Code (BGB). He is also the editor of the journal “COVuR - COVID-19 und Recht”, which deals with all the legal issues relating to the pandemic.