Lena Niehoff | Taylor Wessing

Lena is a litigation lawyer specialising in product liability and the life sciences sector. She advises companies on out-of-court dispute resolution and represents them before state courts or arbitration tribunals. She has particular experience in advising and representing pharmaceutical and medtech companies.

Lena specialises in disputes between companies in connection with purchasing, development, production and distribution. She is also an expert in product liability and product safety issues and has many years of experience in representing companies in product liability proceedings, including the defence of class actions.

CV

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2020 Doctoral degree in law, University of Passau

2018 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main

2015 – 2017 Second State Examination, Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main, including training in Tokyo

Publications

Neues Produkthaftungsgesetz in Sicht, ZRP 2026, 14 (beck-online)

Niehoff/Moelle, Neues Produkthaftungsgesetz 2026 – Referentenentwurf zur Umsetzung der EU Produkthaftungsrichtlinie liegt vor, PHi 2025, 207

Lexology In-Depth: Product Regulation and Liability, European Union Chapter

Niehoff/Moelle, MPR 2024, 35 ff., Zur Frage eines Produktfehlers bei einem Bruch einer Hüftendoprothese, Anm. zu BGH, Urteil from 1 August 2023, VI ZR 82/22

German Chapter in Chambers Global Practical Guide Product Liability & Safety 2023, together with Dr. Henning Moelle, Dr. Philipp Behrendt and Donata von Enzberg

Marke verpflichtet – zur Produkthaftung der Markeninhaberin, ECJ judgment of July 7, 2022 – C-264/21, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Issue 24, 2022

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Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2026

Featured

Legal 500 2026

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

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)

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Germany

Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers Ranking 2026: Significant improvement for Taylor Wessing Germany

18 June 2026

by multiple authors

Disputes & investigations

Disputes Predictions – The litigation and arbitration issues companies must prepare for

26 February 2026

In-depth analysis

by multiple authors

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Synapse - Post market activities including PMS and product liability

Insights from Member States: What can we expect from the new Product Liability Directive?

The new Product Liability Directive introduces significant changes to the EU’s product liability regime in the EU. Member States must implement it by December 2026. But what will its biggest challenges be? How can businesses prepare for and mitigate the new product liability risks in the EU?

17 July 2025

Briefing

by multiple authors

2 of 6 Insights

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Dr. Lena Niehoff

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2026

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