Max Kempe

London UK

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Legal 500 UK 2020

Recommended lawyer for commercial litigation – "Max Kempe is an up and coming associate who is very reliable."

Max is a senior associate in the Disputes & Investigations team. He advises on a wide range of disputes, including general commercial, regulatory investigations, insolvency and product liability disputes.

CV

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 Associate, Spring Law LLP

Career

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 Associate, Spring Law LLP

Education

2017 Admitted as a lawyer, England, Wales

2014 MA, Legal Practice Certificate with Business and Finance, BPP University

2013 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School

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Awards

Legal 500 UK 2020

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Experience

FRC v Deloitte (Autonomy)

Acted for Deloitte in relation to legal and regulatory issues arising from the GBP5 billion restatement of Autonomy’s financial statements in 2012 following the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett Packard.

Stuart Broom

Jessie Prynne

Julian Randall

Max Kempe

Defending a multi-million pound claim

A household brand domestic electrical appliance company in the UK in defending a claim for millions of pounds worth of damage arising out of a fire alleged to have been caused by a defective dishwasher.

Katie Chandler

David de Ferrars

Edward Spencer

Max Kempe

A European telecommunications provider

Advising a former liquidator in relation to liabilities arising out of the insolvency.

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A global pharmaceutical company

A global pharmaceutical company on an internal bribery investigation on the practices of its employees across West Africa.

Max Kempe

A global white goods manufacturer

A global white goods manufacturer on defending a multi-million pound product liability claim.

Max Kempe

A big four accountancy firm

A big four accountancy firm in the defence of a multi-million pound negligence investigation by the FRC.

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Disputes & investigations

Product liability and safety horizon scanning – what to look out for in 2025

10 February 2025

by multiple authors

Product liability & product safety

Product liability & product safety – a round up of 2023

Our international team looks at 2023 developments across the EU and the UK.

22 January 2024

Briefing

by multiple authors

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Interface - IoT - next gen

Making IoT devices safer

Advancing technologies are forcing legal updates to product safety but what are the proposed changes and how will they impact manufacturers of connected products?

6 February 2023

by Max Kempe and Katie Chandler

4 of 5 Insights

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