Dr. Florian Niermeier has more than 20 years of experience in litigation involving product liability and commercial law disputes. He assists his clients in particular with:

• defending against civil product liability claims
• enforcing and defending against claims under sales law, including recourse in the supply chain
• defending against warning letters and preliminary injunctions under competition law—particularly regarding product labeling and marketability—as well as enforcing such claims against competitors.

In addition to litigation, Dr. Niermeier advises on green claims and the implementation of the requirements of the EmpCo Directive (EU) 2024/825. In doing so, he analyzes the admissibility of advertising claims, particularly those related to sustainability, and identifies ways to ensure that such claims can be substantiated in the future. His expertise in competition law is particularly valuable in this context, as inadmissible statements may result in warnings and preliminary injunctions in the future.

In regulatory proceedings, he works closely with the product law specialists at the firm—a combination that is rare in product and competition law: civil litigation experience paired with in-depth regulatory expertise.

• legal studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich
• doctorate from the University of Augsburg with Prof. Dr. Beate Gsell on a contract law theme
• after legal clerkship at the OLG (Higher Regional Court) Munich, work in the litigation departments of major German, British and American law firms
• regular speaker, particularly on competition law restrictions on green claims and the new Product Liability Act
• founding partner of the Produktkanzlei

Languages: German, English