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Jana Nitzinger
Counsel

Jana Nitzinger, LL.M.

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Russian
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Jana Nitzinger advises and represents German companies and international companies in complex corporate disputes. She specialises in providing strategic advice to clients in the automotive and mobility sector, with extensive expertise in product liability disputes, contract law and defending against claims by consumers.

She also has extensive experience in international claim management and in setting-up and handling complex mass litigation cases in a cost-efficient manner using legal-tech and AI tools.

Jana joined CMS in 2019. She was appointed Counsel in 2025.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    „[…] Jana Nitzinger sticht aus der Gruppe jüngerer Anwälte hervor.“
    The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2026

Publications

  • "Klimahaftungsklagen - Können Unternehmen trotz erteilter Betriebsgenehmigung EU-weit deliktisch haften?", KlimaRZ, 02/2023

Education

  • 2025: Certificate in ‘Shaping the ESG Future of Companies’, University of St. Gallen
  • 2021 - 2022: LL.M. in European Commercial Law
  • 2017 - 2019: Trainee lawyer at Frankfurt Regional Court including placements in the legal department of a big automobile supplier in Stuttgart and at a major international commercial law firms
  • 2014 - 2015: Law studies at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium and internship in Moscow
  • 2011 - 2017: Law studies at the University of Wuerzburg and accompanying European law studies with Europajuristin (European lawyer) degree

Insights by Jana

Climate litigation as a new dimension of corporate responsibility

03 Dec 2025 5 min read

Expanded product liability from the end of 2026

03 Dec 2025 5 min read

Hamm Higher Regional Court dismisses Lliuya v RWE climate action – Liability on the merits confirmed

04 Jul 2025 9 min read
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