„Absolute thought leader, precise. Terrific. (client)“
Eric is the head of Gleiss Lutz's product liability department and specialises in the area of product liability and commercial law. He is a frequently asked litigator and regularly represents clients in disputes before German courts and international arbitration tribunals. Moreover, Eric advises clients on the structuring and negotiation of complex commercial law related agreements. He also has a lot of experience in managing recalls on a global level and he regulalry represents clients in investigations of market surveillance authorities.
Eric studied law at the University of Erlangen. He has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2013. In 2012, he worked as a foreign attorney in dispute resolution at a leading law firm in New York.
Since 2021 Eric has been an honorary professor at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he lectures in the field of international contract law and arbitration law. He is also a member of a number of professional associations, regularly gives talks and has authored numerous publications in his field of law. Among other things, he annotates the entire provisions on the sale of goods in Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich’s standard commentary on the German Civil Code (BGB). He is also the editor of the journal “COVuR - COVID-19 und Recht”, which deals with all the legal issues relating to the pandemic.
Eric speaks German and English.
Eric is the head of Gleiss Lutz's product liability department and specialises in the area of product liability and commercial law. He is a frequently asked litigator and regularly represents clients in disputes before German courts and international arbitration tribunals. Moreover, Eric advises clients on the structuring and negotiation of complex commercial law related agreements. He also has a lot of experience in managing recalls on a global level and he regulalry represents clients in investigations of market surveillance authorities.
Eric studied law at the University of Erlangen. He has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2013. In 2012, he worked as a foreign attorney in dispute resolution at a leading law firm in New York.
Since 2021 Eric has been an honorary professor at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he lectures in the field of international contract law and arbitration law. He is also a member of a number of professional associations, regularly gives talks and has authored numerous publications in his field of law. Among other things, he annotates the entire provisions on the sale of goods in Prütting/Wegen/Weinreich’s standard commentary on the German Civil Code (BGB). He is also the editor of the journal “COVuR - COVID-19 und Recht”, which deals with all the legal issues relating to the pandemic.
Eric speaks German and English.
