Automotive
It is nearly impossible to imagine modern lifestyle without various options for (mass) transportation of passengers or goods – mobility of goods and people is the physical bridge to globalisation.
At the same time the automotive sector is currently undergoing its biggest transformation since the invention and mass production of the motorcar, more than a hundred years ago. This transformation includes topics like the evolution of the drivetrain from internal combusting engines to alternative drivetrain concepts such as battery electric vehicles, new market entrants with new technologies such as Uber, the future of self-driving cars, or even global economic power shifts.
Our global automotive practice acts for OEM’s and suppliers across the industry. The practice operates on a cross-border basis and covers the full spectrum of legal support in mergers and acquisitions, data protection, intellectual property rights, commercial transactions (including licensing and collaborations), capital markets and finance, regulatory, tax considerations, dispute resolution, employment as well as antitrust.
Representative experience
- BMW on its EUR3 billion transaction to acquire control of its JV with Brilliance China Automotive.
- Schaeffler in signing a master agreement for the formation of a joint venture company with Roland Arnold and Paravan GmbH.
- Volkswagen Financial Services on the acquisition of PayByPhone, the mobile cashless parking payments business, from PayPoint for GBP26.5m.
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News and insights
Publications: 14 June 2022
Webinar: The landscape of the autonomous vehicle market
The inaugural program in Berkeley Center for Law & Technology’s (BCLT) Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Series in partnership with A&O provides listeners an overview of the current state of the industry.
Publications: 10 January 2023
The EU and UK adopt further sanctions against Russia
At the close of 2022, and with the war in Ukraine entering its tenth month, the EU and the UK adopted further sanctions packages against Russia. The latest sanctions packages include further asset…
Publications: 13 July 2022
Webinar: Key privacy trends and risks of autonomous and connected vehicles
Vehicles are more interconnected and automated than ever before—which means that they collect and produce large amounts of your data. A single day on the road may generate tens or hundreds of…
Publications: 16 November 2021
The UK’s trade remedies regime
The creation of an independent UK trade remedies regime is a critical and under-reported aspect of the UK’s new trade policy. Going forward, the UK’s newfound ability to shape its own trade remedies…
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