Philipp Behrendt heads up the German Disputes & Investigations Group of Taylor Wessing and is joint head of the international group. He conducts complex proceedings before state courts in Germany and national and international arbitration tribunals. In addition, he advises clients on international litigation, primarily in the USA. A focus of his practice is product liability and product safety law, in which he advises on the marketability of products, recalls, defence against claims and all other related aspects.
Philipp is a member of the invitation-only IADC and of DRI, for which he served as Chair of the International Committee and now serves as Country Chair for Germany.
AI, risk allocation and liability, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #17, January 2019
Product Liability in Germany, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability, 14th Edition, 2016, Chapter 13, with Dr Henninge Moelle
Die ganze Bandbreite im Blick behalten – Eine Rechtsprechungsübersicht zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Praxis des Produkthaftungsrechts, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Ausgabe 09, gemeinsam mit Donata Freiin von Enzberg
Product Liability in Germany, in: Product Liability 2014, with Dr Henning Moelle
Commercial and Distribution Law, in: Business Laws of Germany
Auf dem Weg zur Class Action in Europa?, in: RIW 2014, 253-259, gemeinsam mit Donata Freiin von Enzberg
Die Ausgabe Elektronischen Geldes, 2007
Das Mindestreservesystem des ESZB und elektronisches Geld, in: EuZW 2002, p. 364-367
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“one of the most promising product lawyers in Germany. He has great international capabilities and is very smart, responsive and comprehensive”
Defending Volkswagen in German courts against a five-digit number of consumer claims relating to NOx emissions from Diesel vehicles.
Comprehensive legal advice to the asset manager CEE Group, specialised in renewable energies, on the acquisition of the 154 MWp solar park project Döllen as well as legal advice on complex construction agreements, various issues concerning the permitting and the zoning plan procedures as well as in connection with the sale of the electricity to be generated.
Advising a US manufacturer on a worldwide product recall of certain medical devices used for surgical interventions on tendons, peripheral nerves and joints to prevent the formation of post-surgical adhesions. These devices are packaged individually with a third-party manufactured cannula accessory for application/ delivery to the treated site which has been affected by potential fraudulent reporting of sterilization results. Our UK office is managing and co-ordinating a worldwide recall of the client's potentially impacted products across 26 jurisdictions with assistance from our international offices.
在一家奥地利制造商针对加拿大客户的国际商会仲裁程序中代表奥地利制造商,该仲裁涉及生产设备的缺陷。诉讼受瑞士法律管辖,在苏黎世进行。
The shareholders and founders of the chemical distributor, Velox GmbH, on the sale of 100% of their shares in Velox to IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Dutch company, IMCD N.V., the global leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients. Velox, founded in 1993, is one of Europe's leading distributors of specialty raw materials for the plastics, composites, additives, caoutchouc, paints and coatings industries.
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作者 Wiebke Reuter, LL.M. (London) 以及 Rita Fromm, Maître en droit