Alongside complex product law disputes across various focus industries, including automotive, healthcare, and mechanical and plant engineering, Noerr's product liability team primarily provides regulatory and insurance law advice. This includes product safety aspects, product compliance, and environmental and waste law aspects. The team has further experience in product recalls and in- and out-of-court product supply chain disputes. Practice co-head Arun Kapoor is the key contact here, especially for companies in the consumer goods sector, the automotive industry, and mechanical and plant engineering. Thomas Klindt completes the management team and has expertise in product liability crisis scenarios, especially in the medical sector. Helmut Katschthaler combines his product liability focus with in-depth expertise in insurance law.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Thomas Klindt is an outstanding lawyer with a good eye for practical and business needs. He is very easy to reach and is obviously interested in what he does.'
  • 'Thomas Klindt: Extensive experience in product liability and product safety issues beyond a purely legal assessment.'

Key clients

  • Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce Private Ltd.
  • BRITA SE C+P Möbelsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
  • Deichmann SE
  • Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH
  • Enpal B.V.
  • IIC-INTERSPORT International Corporation GmbH
  • iSi Automotive Berlin GmbH
  • Lomotex GmbH & Co. KG
  • Ravensburger Verlag GmbH
  • sonnen GmbH
  • Tonies GmbH
  • Torqeedo GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising Britta SE Consumer Products on an international product recall.
  • Advising Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH on a worldwide b2b recall of non-compliant components that are used in military applications, trains and ships, among other matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Arun Kapoor, Thomas Klindt

Other key lawyers

Helmut Katschthaler