Mr Matthias Schweiger

Partner at Hogan Lovells

Speaker

Matthias M. Schweiger helps clients with liability matters, class actions and dispute resolution. He is the International Lead of the firm’s Global Class Action practice and heads the German practice. Matthias focuses on advising manufacturers in the life sciences and consumer industries on the array of legal issues they face, including safety and cyber issues, recall, product compliance, pre-dispute strategy, liability defense and supply chain litigation. Matthias coordinates international litigation matters for clients, including litigation in the EU, U.S., Canada, and South America. As a trial lawyer he has handled court cases at all instances, including before the Court of Justice of the European Union.Matthias also counsels clients on EU and national legislative developments in the areas of consumer law, collective actions and product liability. Through his experience as products law counsel, he has regulatory, technical and scientific knowledge as well as an understanding of the commercial environments.

Matthias "has expertise in international liability proceedings" and "experience in complex product liability cases entailing cross-border aspects". He is said to be "well versed in the Life Sciences sector, in particular in the areas of pharmaceuticals and medical devices" (Legal 500 EMEA/Germany). He is a Core Member of the Life Sciences Litigation Leadership Team and served as Co-Head the firm's Digital Health Working Group.