Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing comprehensively advises various renowned automotive and consumer goods players on trade and distribution law, including the frequent support in matters pertaining to the US, Asia and Italy. Among the recent growth areas is the support in supply chain issues, including compliance and disputes, as well as distribution antitrust law; the latter area as well as franchising issues are core strengths of practice head Benedikt Rohrßen. The Commercial Agreements and Distribution practice fields logistics and transport expert Gregor Staechelin and also includes Peter Hofbauer, who regularly advises automotive clients on trade and distribution law, including litigation. Renowned Martin Rothermel is a key contact for supply chain compliance.

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Testimonials

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'A focused team with innovative approaches and a high level of competence within a dynamic and still relatively young area of law. The practice group and Mr Rothermel and Mr Rünz have quickly earned a very good reputation in the area of LkSG and related ESG issues.'
'High flexibility and competence, very good accessibility and excellent, practice-oriented solutions. Good solution space for complex issues and critical business decisions. Particularly high level of integrity.'
'Taylor Wessing are pioneers and absolute experts in the field of ESG and LkSG, at national and European level.'
'Martin Rothermel: He has the gift of explaining complex processes and legislative proposals concisely and comprehensibly in a single sentence. This type of "translation" is invaluable for us and our own clients.'
'Sonja Ackermann: Handles mandates very efficiently and at the same time extremely carefully and looks beyond her own horizons.'
'TaylorWessing always tries to find solutions that are feasible and company-oriented. They also offer very good webinars on all relevant topics.'
'Michael Kieffer: Extremely good specialist knowledge. Offers practical and business-oriented solutions.'
'Gregor Staechelin: Very good balance between knowledge, experience and realistic assessment of implementation.'

Key clients

Henkel
Prewave
Calida
Calzedonia
Check24
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Essity
FC Bayern München
Great Wall Motor
Henkel
JD.com
Lufthansa
NKD
Rabo Trading
Samsung
thyssenkrupp Gerlach
Toyota
Zeppelin Group
Wilde Group

Work highlights

Advising Henkel on the implementation of the new supply chain law (LkSG) to 155 companies, including communication with the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) and reporting.
Strategic cooperation with the IT provider Prewave, including development of e-learning and supply chain due diligence (LkSG) documents.
Ongoing advice to an aviation company on supply chain compliance (LkSG), including training of the human rights officer and preparation of related documents.