Procurement, production and sustainability of automotive products

Disruptions in the supply chain and changes in the value chain due to global uncertainties, insolvencies, new technologies and stricter ESG guidelines are forcing the automotive industry to rethink strategies. Supply chains need to be not just efficient, but also sustainable, (legally) compliant and crisis-proof. We provide comprehensive advice on the legal safeguards and strategic alignment of your production and procurement processes with a particular focus on regulatory ESG requirements, supply chain compliance and the increasingly strict product-related requirements

Advisory expertise for procurement, production and ESG in the automotive industry

As one of the leading law firms for the automotive and mobility sector, we have been supporting well-known companies along the entire value chain on all regulatory legal issues for a number of years. Our advice is mainly focused on:

• Supplier contracts, nomination agreements, terms and conditions of purchase; quality assurance agreements and international supply relationships
• ESG compliance in accordance with German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG), CSDDD, CBAM and other global requirements
• Force majeure, risks in the supply chain, contractual disruptions and insolvency risks
• Strategies for dealing with price increase requests as a result of cost increases or changes in purchase quantities, sales crises, material shortages and allocation
• Transformation of production processes and cooperation models
• Environmental and product law, market surveillance requirements
• Competition law requirements in purchasing and cooperation with competitors

In addition to the automotive industry, our experience also covers adjacent industries. This offers you a decisive advantage for cooperations and supply chains that span between industries.

Our automotive services: Cooperations, M&A, production, supply chain and ESG

• Development cooperations between producers and suppliers
• Advice on takeovers and joint ventures from experienced teams of M&A lawyers (sell-side and buy-side), including and in particular advice on employment, competition and tax law
• Designing new production processes to manage the transformation
• Building resilient supply chains through improved risk management
• Consideration of environmental and ethical standards in production and quality control
• Regulatory requirements (including approval procedures, road traffic law, transport and hazardous goods law)
• Assistance with restructurings and insolvencies (including preventive advice, reorganisation outside insolvency, self-administration, insolvency advice and administration)
• Securing supplies in insolvency situations