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.
Kathrin has advised on a full range of national and international litigation and arbitration matters, examples are:
Kathrin studied law at the Universities of Münster and Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) and worked at the Chair of Civil Law, German and International Corporate and Antitrust Law at the University of Düsseldorf. She spent her legal traineeship in Düsseldorf and holds a doctorate in law from the University of Münster.
Kathrin co-heads the editorial board of ProductLiabilityLinks and is an active contributor to our ESG blog Sustainable Futures. She regularly publishes insights, commentary and updates on commercial and regulatory developments, current initiatives and relevant decisions in product liability related matters. Main topics are in particular: collective redress, issues at the interface of ESG and product liability, liability for emerging technologies and AI, as well as supply chain due diligence and greenwashing.
Further recent publications are:
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