Dr. Lena Niehoff

Lena is a litigation lawyer specialising in 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.

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Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Carrière

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Formation

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

Zur Frage eines Produktfehlers bei einem Bruch einer Hüftendoprothese, Anm. zu BGH, Urteil vom 1.8.2023, VI ZR 82/22, in: MPR 2024, 35 ff., together with Dr. Henning Moelle

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