Overview
Kathrin advises and represents clients in complex domestic and international disputes, including litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution. She has extensive experience in product liability disputes, competition litigation, post-M&A and commercial disputes and has more than eight years of experience in defending individual consumer compensation claims. She also regularly advises our clients on the drafting of complex contracts, including general terms and conditions.
Kathrin is a core member of our cross-practice ESG team with a particular focus on liability risks (supply chain due diligence, greenwashing, circular economy aspects and climate disputes) and part of the firm’s global collective redress, arbitration and Automotive Sector groups. She co-heads the editorial board of ProductLiabilityLinks, Linklaters’ product liability blog, which provides insights, commentary and regular updates on commercial and regulatory developments, current initiatives and relevant decisions in product liability related matters.
Kathrin has significant industry experience in the automotive, healthcare, industrials, technology and consumer goods sectors.
Kathrin is listed as “One to Watch” for Dispute Resolution, Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation and Product Liability by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers.
Work Highlights
Kathrin has advised on a full range of national and international litigation and arbitration matters, examples are:
- Defending an international payment technology company against numerous cartel damage claims;
- Various multinational corporations: advising on the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act as well as on strategies to avoid greenwashing;
- Defending one of the leading manufacturers of medical devices in over 100 lawsuits of patients and health insurers before German courts and coordinating the litigation strategy for both in- and out-of-court claims;
- Volkswagen: advising on a range of ESG issues in connection with the IPO of Porsche AG;
- Advising and representing a world-leading automotive supplier in cartel damages claims in connection with various cartel investigations in Germany and worldwide;
- Advising a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier on a settlement in a complex supply chain dispute;
- Representing a major international industrial service provider in an infrastructure related post-M&A arbitration;
- Representing an insolvency administrator in a multiparty post-M&A arbitration;
- Advising a manufacturer of consumer goods on a silent recall and in sanctioning proceedings.
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