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Product liability

The German offices of CMS play key roles in the wider firm’s international offering in product liability cases, while also driving work for household name German multinationals. The automotive, pharmaceutical, mechanical and plant engineering sectors are particularly well represented in the team’s client base and the full range of product liability cases, product recalls and product compliance are covered. Thomas Lennarz and Nicolas Wiegand (based in Hong Kong) oversee German law-related matters in this area, and Tobias Bomsdorf is a key contact that comes with client acclaim.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Outstanding firm for product liability - contentious and non-contentious.’
  • ‘We truly value the ability to make complex legal topics understandable for non-lawyers and the results practically applicable for our employees and this was always achieved by the respective CMS lawyers.’
  • ‘We always received very well-founded and well-structured answers to complex product-related questions, which our colleagues were able to work with very well. This was possible by a very intensive professional exchange between our technical experts and various CMS experts.’
  • ‘Tobias Bomsdorf and his team are very knowledgeable and at the same time pragmatic. Very pleasant to work with.’
  • ‘The personal approach from Ulrich Becker is outstanding. He is a very good and clear communicator with deep market-knowledge, good at building long-term client-relationships.’
  • ‘Very hands-on mentality, reactive, clear communication, proactive solutions as well as out of the box advice to achieve best results for clients, very good market knowledge.’

Key clients

  • Stellantis N.V./FCA Italy S.p.A/FIAT
  • Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Work highlights

Represented Stellantis N.V., FCA Italy S.p.A, FIAT, and Mercedes-Benz and provided advice as lead advisor in several thousand individual actions before German courts in connection with the diesel emissions action.
Coordinated worldwide product liability cases for two global OEMs and their subsidiaries.
Advised a German manufacturer of home electricity energy storage systems on the defence of liability claims in the context of the remote shutdown of battery storage facilities after explosions and fires.
Practice head

Thomas Lennarz; Nicolas Wiegand

Other key lawyers

Tobias Bomsdorf; Ulrich Becker

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