Expertise
Expertise
Simon Wagner conducts and manages complex civil proceedings. His main focus is defending companies against liability suits and class actions/mass litigation (esp. product liability, antitrust damages actions), including coordinating the defence across Europe and worldwide (also against US class actions) and assisting with the proceedings in the public. He also advises companies on all aspects of the purchase and sale of products - especially across borders - and specialises relating thereto in the drafting of contracts and product compliance issues, as well as product liability cases.
Vita
Simon studied at the University of Constance and was awarded a scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation. He received his PhD in 2007. He joined Gleiss Lutz in 2011. From 2014-2015 Simon worked at an American law firm specialising in technology law and product liability. From 2008 to 2011 he worked as a judge in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg at various civil courts and as a public prosecutor in Stuttgart specialising in “white collar crime”. Simon is a bar-certified specialist for international business law. Simon is a visiting lecturer for civil procedure law at the University of Constance, Germany and an examiner in the First Legal Exam and the Second Legal State Exam of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
He is a member of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the German Initiative of Young Arbitration Lawyers (DIS 40) and the German Bar Association's Banking and Capital Market Law Working Group.
Simon speaks German and English.
He is a member of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the German Initiative of Young Arbitration Lawyers (DIS 40) and the German Bar Association's Banking and Capital Market Law Working Group.
Simon speaks German and English.
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