GERMANY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Oliver Sieg, Helmut Katschthaler, Philipp Koch and Charlott Kujath Noerr
Noerr is one of the leading independent German law firms with offices in Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. Noerr is closely connected with other independent leading law firms in all relevant jurisdictions, having established many years of joint case management. The firm covers a broad range of advice to business clients with a fo- cus on corporate transactions and dispute resolution, including, in particular insurance, anti-trust, arbitra- tion, banking and finance, compliance and investiga-
tions, digital business, employment, IP, real estate, regulatory, restructuring and insolvency, and tax. No- err offers a comprehensive advisory approach across all industrial and financial lines insurance, particular- ly D&O, E&O, fidelity, political risk, product liability, property and business interruption and W&I including reinsurance. The firm acts independently but with a strong focus on policyholder and inter-insurer dis- putes.
Authors
Oliver Sieg heads up Noerr’s corporate litigation and insurance litigation practice, and has shaped German and international insurance dispute law for many years. He has an impressive track record representing
impairment liability insurance, and reinsurance. Helmut is a member of the Executive Board of ARIAS Germany. He was trained in-house as a qualified insurance officer and holds a Master of Insurance Law (LL.M.) from the University of Münster.
clients in insurance, corporate, commercial and insolvency disputes (litigation and arbitration), drawing on extensive cross-border experience. Oliver is a member of the DIS – German Institute for arbitration, VGR-Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (Association for Corporate Law), the Advisory Committee of the Research Centre for Insurance Law at the University of Münster and the Committee for Insurance Law of the German Bar Association. He is also chairman of the regional Düsseldorf Bar Committee for Insurance Law, Industrieclub Düsseldorf and chairman of the Düsseldorf and Cologne Dispute Resolution Forum.
Philipp Koch is an associated partner at Noerr whose practice focuses on national and international insurance litigation and arbitration, in particular complex D&O/financial lines and reinsurance disputes, as well as
structured insurance programmes. Philipp has over a decade of experience in insurance-related work and is a recognised legal expert. He lectures on reinsurance law in the University of Münster’s postgraduate programme, is a member of ARIAS Germany, and holds both an LL.M. and a PhD in insurance law.
Helmut Katschthaler is a partner based in the Munich office and has been with Noerr since 2001. He specialises in insurance and reinsurance law as well as liability law, with extensive experience in
Charlott Kujath is a senior associate in Noerr’s Düsseldorf office and specialises in corporate litigation and insurance contract law, with a focus on D&O insurance as a combination of both. She has several years’
conducting litigation and arbitration in both national and international settings. Particular areas of focus in his work include product liability and recall cost insurance, cyber-insurance, environmental
experience acting as coverage, defence and monitoring counsel in complex insurance disputes, both in and out of court. Charlott advises clients on
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