Automotive

The Automotive sector has entered an important new phase. With new energies, new forms of distribution and new high-tech applications. This also brings with it all kinds of legal challenges that require creative solutions and specific knowledge of this sector. Our Automotive Team has that knowledge.

For example, we help our Automotive clients with the rollout of charging station networks and the admission of new vehicles to the European market. We also guide mergers & acquisitions and product recalls within the Automotive sector. In addition, we advise on competition law aspects, help think about new forms of distribution, take action against counterfeit replacement parts and provide advice on how our Automotive clients can best protect their IP. We also advise on vehicle performance claims and Big Data. And thanks to our lawyers' technology/engineering backgrounds, we are able to advise on complex technology issues.

Some examples of Automotive cases we have handled:

Guidance on the rollout of a charging station network for a U.S. charging station manufacturer;
Guidance on the admission of a self-driving car to the European market for a U.S. car manufacturer;
Advice to German and French carmakers on sensor data in 'smart cars', its processing and service opportunities based on the processed data.
Clearance of Europe-wide advertising campaign of a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer;
Guidance on an acquisition of a group of car dealers in the Amsterdam region;
Advising an American electric car manufacturer on setting up its corporate structure in the Netherlands;
Drafting and supervising a purchase, lease and service contract of a large Dutch car importer;
Advising a large dealer organization on the (un)legality of negative press publications;
Conducting proceedings for a Czech Automotive group regarding unlawful statements;
Strategic advice to a Dutch car brand on its brand portfolio;
Assistance to a car manufacturer regarding a securities bond loan;
Assistance in a dispute over intellectual property rights to car tires;
Advice on obtaining trademark rights to an Automotive brand;
Guidance on the rollout of high-tech parking solutions;
Competition law advice to industry associations for European leasing companies;
Competition law advice on emergency call centers and roadside assistance point;
Enforcement of automotive manufacturer's intellectual property rights against former licensee/distributor.