Our lawyers will assist you in enforcing and defending your claims, both in and out of court. As a law firm with extensive experience in the automotive and mobility sectors, we develop conflict resolution strategies for you based on a risk analysis, in order to best safeguard your company’s interests – whether through conducting settlement negotiations, assisting with (pre-litigation) correspondence or by initiating the appropriate legal proceedings.
Strengths: Mass proceedings with data protection implications
GvW is the clear market leader in advising and representing the caravaning industry
Strengths: Mass proceedings, especially with regard to the automotive sector
GvW has specialists in almost all areas of litigation before state courts
“GvW Graf von Westphalen offers particular expertise in conducting lawsuits in connection with commercial contracts”
GvW is recommended as a top law firm for litigation
GvW is recommended in the area of litigation
GvW is recommended by in-house counsel in the area of litigation
GvW's litigation group is "very well positioned"
"Regularly involved in international arbitration proceedings for cross-border clients"
"Distinct process practice"
We conduct test cases on key legal issues and support car manufacturers and suppliers with our expertise in all claims – if necessary – through all levels of the court system. Together with our partner law firms from our international networks, we represent you in your disputes all over the world. We have experienced specialists on hand to assist you with every type of proceedings (legal actions, independent evidence proceedings, arbitration proceedings, class actions, model declaratory actions, association actions, etc.). In the event of imminent delivery or production stoppages, as well as in all other urgent situations, we can initiate all necessary interim relief measures on your behalf at very short notice. We ensure that you not only obtain a judgement but also enforce your claims worldwide. Similarly, we assist you in defending against enforcement proceedings.
We have been involved in numerous large-scale and mass proceedings in the automotive sector to defend against consumer claims, as well as in antitrust damages proceedings. We have the infrastructure and personnel resources to successfully handle large caseloads (including more than 10,000 cases). Legal tech and automated processes are second nature to us. Our Legal Operations Team is constantly developing new tools and bots, including AI-powered ones, which enable us to work with you to manage complex processes in a resource-efficient manner, ensure you receive up-to-date monitoring on a daily basis, and establish interfaces.
Our advice is always tailored to your individual needs. Together with you, we carefully assess which measures are appropriate and necessary in each specific case to enforce your rights, whilst at the same time ensuring that existing business relationships are not jeopardised.
Judicial and extrajudicial defence against and enforcement of claims
Interim relief
Independent evidence-gathering proceedings
Arbitration (Alternative Dispute Resolution and Preventive Measures)
Large-scale and mass litigation as lead and sub-law firm (capable of handling more than 10,000 cases)
Model declaratory actions (Sections 606 et seq. of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO))
Class actions (VRUG)
Enforcement and defence against enforcement
Full-service support in the automotive and mobility sector – find out more here about our consultancy approach and our team
