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  • Henning Moelle
Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.
Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.

Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.

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Henning advises companies on commercial law disputes as well as on product liability and product safety law. He primarily works for companies in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors and the automotive industry.

 

Henning represents companies before German courts and arbitration tribunals or advises them on the strategic coordination of international litigation and in connection with US lawsuits. He also advises German and foreign companies on regulatory product compliance and recall scenarios.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Disputes & investigations
Product liability & product safety
Class actions, collective redress & mass consumer claims

Sectors

Consumer & retail
Life sciences & healthcare
Manufacturing & industrials
Automotive & mobility
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals
Road arrows

Product safety roadmap

We have set out the considerations manufacturers need to keep in mind when launching a product on both the EU and GB markets (ie England, Scotland  

and Wales), and what you will need to consider once your product has launched. 

 

CV

Since 2009 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1997 – 2009 Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt a.M.
1996 – 1997 Research Assistant, Universität Hamburg
1995 – 1996 Legal clerkship, San Francisco and London
2005 LL.M., University of Nottingham, UK
1997 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt a.M.
1996 Second state examination, Lübeck and Hamburg
1995 Doctoral degree in law, University of Passau, Germany
1992 First state examination, Passau
1989 – 1990 International legal studies, University of Pavia, Italy

Career

Since 2009 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1997 – 2009 Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt a.M.
1996 – 1997 Research Assistant, Universität Hamburg
1995 – 1996 Legal clerkship, San Francisco and London

Education

2005 LL.M., University of Nottingham, UK
1997 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt a.M.
1996 Second state examination, Lübeck and Hamburg
1995 Doctoral degree in law, University of Passau, Germany
1992 First state examination, Passau
1989 – 1990 International legal studies, University of Pavia, Italy

Publications

Product Liability in Germany, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability, 14th Edition, 2016, Chapter 13, with Dr. Philipp Behrendt

Produkthaftung für potenziell fehlerhaftes Medizinprodukt - Anmerkung zum EuGH-Urteil in Sachen Boston Scientific / AOK Sachsen-Anhalt, in: NJW 2015, p. 1163 et seq.

EuGH – Zur Vereinbarkeit des deutschen Arzneimittelhaftungsrechts mit der EU-Produkthaftungsrichtlinie, Anmerkung zu Schlussanträgen des Generalanwalts Maciej Szpunar, in: PharmR 2014, p. 351 et seq.

Arzneimittelhaftung, in: Handbuch des Pharmarechts, 2010, with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Voit

Amtshaftung der EU-Kommission wegen Meldungen über Produktgefahren im EU-Schnellwarnsystem?, in: Stoffrecht 2004, p. 237 et seq.

Zur Umsetzung der Hersteller– und Kennzeichnungspflichten nach der neuen Produktsicherheitsrichtlinie in Deutschland und in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, in: Stoffrecht 2004, p. 176 et seq.

Verschärfter Regulierungsrahmen für Arzneimittelgroßhändler, Hersteller und pharmazeutische Unternehmer durch die 12. AMG-Novelle, in: Pharmarecht 2004, p. 248 et seq.

Kausalitätsnachweis und Substantiierungslast im Arzneimittelhaftungsprozess, in: Stoffrecht 2004, p. 75 et seq., with Dr. Michael Melber

Verschärfung und Neuordnung des Produktsicherheitsrechts durch den Entwurf des Geräte- und Produktsicherheitsgesetzes, in: Produkthaftung International PHI 2003, p. 210 ff., with Dr Dirk Mecklenbrauck

Memberships & Associations

IADC – International Association of Defense Counsel
DRI – Defense Research Institute
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medizinrecht des DAV

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2026

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Recommended lawyer for Commercial Litigation

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Leading partner for Product liability

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Recommended lawyer for product liability

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Recommended Lawyer for Healthcare

Global Elite Thought Leader: Healthcare & Life Sciences - Product Liability Defence

Thought Leader: Healthcare & Life Sciences - Product Liability Defence

Thought Leader: Product Liability Defence

Global Elite Thought Leader: Product Liability Defence

Thought Leader: Germany - Life Sciences

Thought Leader:  Germany - Product Liability Defence

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Leading Individual for product compliance

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Frequently recommended lawyer for pharmaceutical and medical product law

Frequently recommended lawyer for healthcare - Hospitals, MVZs and pharmacies

Frequently recommended lawyer for litigation

Global Elite Thought Leader: Germany - Product Liability Defence

Recommended Lawyer: Germany - Life Sciences

Experience

COVID-19 vaccine product liability proceedings

Representing AstraZeneca in all product liability proceedings relating to its COVID-19 vaccine in Germany.

Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.
Dr. Lena Niehoff
Florian Lambracht
David Hilger, LL.M. (Bilbao)

Volkswagen consumer claims related to Diesel emissions

Defending Volkswagen in German courts against a five-digit number of consumer claims relating to NOx emissions from Diesel vehicles.

Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.
Dr. Philipp Behrendt, LL.M. (UNSW)

Grünenthal

International lead counsel of German manufacturer Grünenthal defending claims alleging congenital malformations from the use of thalidomide in pregnancy.

Dr. Henning Moelle, LL.M.

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