Special-purpose vehicles and specialised machinery present manufacturers, suppliers and operators with particular technical and legal challenges. Complex designs, bespoke applications and stringent safety and type-approval requirements call for specialist legal advice – from product development and market access through to liability issues and contract drafting. This applies in particular to large-scale projects, bespoke designs and specialised vehicles used internationally.
The lawyers at GvW have many years’ experience in providing advice to companies in the fields of special-purpose vehicle manufacturing, mechanical engineering and heavy equipment. We support challenging projects throughout the entire product life cycle and assist our clients in structuring complex supply, development and distribution arrangements in a legally compliant manner, as well as with issues relating to product liability law.
Specialised transport vehicles (low-loader trailers, heavy-duty modules, SPMTs, ship section transporters, wind systems, payloads exceeding 10,000 tonnes)
Agricultural and earth-moving machinery
Crane systems, tower cranes
Emergency and fire-fighting vehicles, refuse collection and vacuum trucks, crane lorries, etc.
Combined risks (product liability risks arising from the combination of the client’s own products with third-party products)
‘MBAG set-off transaction’, ‘ABH set-off transaction’, ‘dual-invoice transaction’
