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Nicole Saurin

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About
Nicole Saurin's practice focuses on complex litigation, including multi-party and mass tort litigation, international conflicts of law and jurisdiction. 

She advises clients from various industries, with a focus on life sciences, consumer, and technology industries on national and international product liability and safety issues.

Nicole Saurin has successfully defended clients in more than 150 German court cases at all levels and has supported various proceedings pending in France, Spain, the UK, Italy, the US, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. She is also experienced in defending cases pending before the European Court of Justice.
 
Professional QualificationsRechtsanwältin admitted with the Rechtsanwaltskammer Munich

EXPERIENCE

  • Global defense of a global certification company against liability claims resulting from allegedly inappropriate certification of a medical device product.*
  • Advising a German DAX 40 company on an internal compliance investigation in more than 50 countries worldwide including criminal law charges.*
  • Defending and coordinating the defence for a leading pharmaceutical company in more than 27 countries after the voluntary product withdrawal.*
*Denotes experience from previous firm.
Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) Munich, second state examination (Zweites Staatsexamen), 2012
  • University of Augsburg, first state examination (Erstes Staatsexamen), 2010

Publications and media

  • 2023: Gastbeitrag Energate Messenger: Klimaklagen: Energieunternehmen stehen in einem besonderen Fokus.
  • 2022: Künstliche Intelligenz in Medizinprodukten, RDi 2022, S. 333 ff.
  • 2022: Einbeziehung cybersicherheitsrechtlicher Produktanforderungen in die Funkanlagenrichtlinie, ZfPC 2022, 126 ff.
  • 2021: Gastbeitrag MTD zu intelligenten Medizinprodukten.
  • 2021: Das neue Infektionsschutzrecht, Kluckert, 2. Auflage, Kommentierung zu Medizinprodukten.
  • 2021: Herstellerpflichten und Haftungsrisiken bei IT-Sicherheitslücken vernetzter Produkte, BB 2021, 520 ff.

Prior Experience

  • 2020-2024, Counsel, Munich based international law firm.
  • 2013-2020, Associate, Munich based international law firm.

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