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Max Kempe

Max Kempe

Senior Associate

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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."

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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.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Disputes & investigations
Restructuring & insolvency
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Corporate litigation & post-M&A disputes
Banking & finance disputes
Product liability & product safety

Sectors

Business & professional services
Financial institutions & insurance
Life sciences & healthcare

CV

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 Associate, Spring Law LLP
2017 - 2018 Contract lawyer, Taylor Wessing LLP
2017 Secondment, Lloyds Banking Group
2015 - 2017 Trainee solicitor, Reed Smith LLP
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
2012 BA (Hons), History, University of Exeter

Career

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 Associate, Spring Law LLP
2017 - 2018 Contract lawyer, Taylor Wessing LLP
2017 Secondment, Lloyds Banking Group
2015 - 2017 Trainee solicitor, Reed Smith 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
2012 BA (Hons), History, University of Exeter

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2020

Featured

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

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.

Max Kempe

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.

Max Kempe

Max's news & insights

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Disputes & investigations

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

10 February 2025

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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
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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

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