Our global product risk and liability practice combines large-firm litigation capabilities with expertise in regulatory matters.

We can provide specialist product liability and regulatory advice in over 150 markets worldwide (including key emerging markets such as India and China). We do so by working through our 27 offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US or with trusted local law firms in other countries.

Over the years our product risk and liability lawyers have established an outstanding reputation for assisting clients with regulatory and legal risk issues. We have helped them:

  • manage and ensure compliance with product regulation at all stages of a product lifecycle (including with complex EU laws);
  • manage product recalls;
  • engage in incident management;
  • establish mechanisms for handling large-scale consumer claims;
  • co-ordinate with regulators; and
  • defend complex cross-border product liability litigation.

We are consistently ranked as a leading product liability specialist by the major legal directories, including Chambers and The Legal 500 in the UK and theJUVE Handbuch in Germany.

We work for producers, importers and retailers across a variety of industry sectors, handling issues with both consumer and non-consumer products. We are particularly active in the automotive, aviation, chemicals, electronics, cosmetics, food and drink, healthcare, household products, pharmaceuticals, retail, clothing and footwear, tobacco and telecoms sectors.

For more information please email Sharon Long, practice development lawyer.

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Awards

Regulatory team of the year - JUVE Awards (2009)

Dispute resolution law firm of the year - JUVE Awards (2008)

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