Hogan Lovells International LLP is commended for its skill in cross-border product safety, sustainability and liability matters, including high-profile claims relating to EU product safety regulations, acting for a variety of leading names across the retail, medical device manufacturing, technology, life sciences and tobacco industries. According to clients, team members ‘dominate the overlap between product liability, commercial dispute resolution and group litigation’. Matthew Felwick and Valerie Kenyon, the latter of whom ’combines the keen instincts of a litigator with world-wide strategic oversight‘, run the team. Elise Martin excels in the medical devices industry and Karishma Paroha is skilled in claims in the consumer, pharmaceutical and automotive sectors, while Lookman Rawat handles regulatory matters and product launches for consumer products, automotive and tobacco sector clients.
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‘Hogan Lovells have an excellent team of lawyers. They dominate the overlap between product liability, commercial dispute resolution and group litigation.’
‘Matthew Felwick is excellent. He knows the field inside out and is always on hand for clients with first-rate advice.’
- 'This team's principal strength is that it is able to see beyond the immediate needs of litigation and recognise how steps taken in England may impact a client in other jurisdictions. There are innumerable moving parts, but the team manages to balance world-wide considerations with the needs of the litigation. This clear sense of strategy sets the team apart from some other firms.'
‘I mainly work with Valerie Kenyon. Valerie combines the keen instincts of a litigator with world-wide strategic oversight.’
‘Efficient, with superb technical understanding. Have steered a path through one of the most procedurally complex pieces of litigation in the English court with aplomb.’
‘Matthew Felwick has excellent strategic judgment.’
'Long regarded as the leading product liability defence practice in London, Hogan Lovells continues to lead the market. The resource provided by the Hogan Lovells Science Unit continues to be unrivalled in the UK market and gives the group a real competitive advantage.'
'Matthew Felwick is a pragmatic and commercial product liability lawyer who inspires confidence in clients and his team alike. He has extensive experience in the area and has sound judgement and a willingness to make the key calls when needed. He has a talented team around him.'
Key clients
- BAT
- Ford
- Nike
- NO&T
- Novartis
- Viatris
- Vodafone
- Zimmer Biomet
Work highlights
Advising Nike on product safety and regulatory issues relating to its full range of sporting goods and innovative sports tech products globally.
Advising Vodafone on product safety and regulatory issues relating to the full range of its products.
Advising Zimmer Biomet on its European product liability litigation in relation to NexGen knee replacements.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Elise Martin
Karishma Paroha
Practice head
Matthew Felwick; Valerie Kenyon
Other key lawyers
Elise Martin; Lookman Rawat; Lydia Savill; Adeela Khan