Managing change, shaping the future – Automotive

Automotive

The auto­mo­ti­ve indus­try faces unpre­ce­den­ted chal­lenges due to tech­no­lo­gi­cal chan­ge, regu­la­to­ry uncer­tain­ty, and con­so­li­da­ti­on. At A/L/M Part­ners, we have sup­port­ed OEMs and sup­pli­ers in enfor­cing rights in stra­te­gic con­trac­tu­al rela­ti­onships or rea­lig­ning them after seve­re disruptions. 

Relevant matters include:

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on of a high-tech­no­lo­gy com­pa­ny in a dis­pu­te with an Auto­mo­ti­ve Tier‑1 sup­pli­er con­cer­ning the vali­di­ty of long-term sup­p­ly con­tracts, gene­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons, and deli­very obli­ga­ti­ons, as well as in suc­cessful eco­no­mic media­ti­on based abroad regar­ding the reor­ga­niza­ti­on of the busi­ness relationship

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on and defen­se of a US auto­mo­ti­ve sup­pli­er in a post‑M&A arbi­tra­ti­on under DIS rules due to alle­ged dama­ge claims resul­ting from a fai­led closing

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on of a Cana­di­an auto­mo­ti­ve sup­pli­er against a Ger­man con­trac­tu­al part­ner due to alle­ged war­ran­ty claims

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on of an Auto­mo­ti­ve OEM in a joint ven­ture dis­pu­te regar­ding future mobi­li­ty stra­te­gies (pre­pa­ra­ti­on of civil liti­ga­ti­on; sup­port in sett­le­ment negotiations)

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on of a Ger­man light­ing sup­pli­er in court pro­cee­dings regar­ding defec­ti­ve diodes purcha­sed from an Asi­an inter­me­dia­ry trader; three-par­ty sett­le­ment solu­ti­on inclu­ding the insurer

Advi­sing a Chi­ne­se sel­ler of com­pa­ny shares against a buy­er due to their refu­sal to com­ple­te a com­pa­ny acqui­si­ti­on in the cour­se of the COVID pan­de­mic; pre­pa­ra­ti­on of HKIAC arbi­tra­ti­on and sett­le­ment solution

Repre­sen­ta­ti­on of a Tier‑1 sup­pli­er in civil pro­cee­dings against an OEM due to an “End-of-Life” dis­pu­te; advice regar­ding inte­rim legal pro­tec­tion and sett­le­ment solution

Advi­sing a buy­er in a post‑M&A dis­pu­te becau­se parts of the tar­get com­pany’s pro­duct ran­ge did not enable the requi­red CO2 savings

Advi­sing a US sup­pli­er on issues rela­ted to gene­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons in a con­trac­tu­al dispute

Advi­sing a Tier‑2 sup­pli­er regar­ding direct con­tract con­clu­si­on with an OEM, con­side­ring the con­trac­tu­al and mate­ri­al ties to the Tier‑1 module