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Contract & Commercial Law - Corporate/M&A - Dispute Resolution - ESG
Dr André Depping is Partner at ADVANT Beiten’s Munich office and member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His activities includes dispute resolution, contract drafting and negotiation, in particular in the areas of warranty, product liability, recall, distribution and ESG. He advises his internationally active clients from the automotive, rail and electrical industries, among others, on typical legal issues in the supply chain and represents them in proceedings with a technical background, liability and contract interpretation issues. He also regularly publishes on the legal aspects of ESG, gives lectures on the subject and is co-editor of the first comprehensive work on "CSR and Law" and the first commentary on the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act.
He studied law and European legal practice at the Universities of Hanover and Rome and was admitted to the German bar in 2003 and as Avvocato in Italy in 2007. He has been working with ADVANT Beiten since 2005 and became Partner in 2010.
Books:
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden
C.H.BECK, Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden (editors), 2022
CSR and law - regognise and understand legal aspects of sustainable business management
Gabler Verlag, Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden (editors), 1st edition 2015
Publications:
EU supply chain law: it's coming, it's not coming, it's coming, it's not coming...
Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden
in: ZVertriebsR, Issue 2/2024, p. 69 ff.
Human rights due diligence and ESG - a new field of activity (also) for lawyers
Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden
in: Karriere im Recht, 1/2024, p. 4 ff.
LkSG-related human rights due diligence obligations when acquiring a company
Dr André Depping and Dr Daniel Walden
in: M&A Review, 07 September 2023
Improving the Protection of Human Rights - In Focus: The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Dr. André Depping and Dr. Daniel Walden
in: SustainableValue, 20 June 2022
Sustainability Remains Essential Even in Times of Corona!,
Dr André Depping, Dr Daniel Walden and Dr Matthias Etzel
in: Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel, 10 June 2020
Producer Liability and So-Called Artificial Intelligence - In Focus: Tendency to Intensify Instruction and Product Monitoring Obligations
Dispute Resolution, 01/2020, p. 11 et seq.
Human Rights Litigation – Future Trend or Individual Cases with High Publicity?, DisputeResolution, 03/2018, p. 11 et seq.
It's about responsible management
Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel 2015, p. 15 et seq.
"Scheinsozietät und Scheinsozius"
DStR 2006, p. 2261 et seq.
"Das BGB als Durchgangspunkt" (Mohr, 2002)
regular publications in the Yearbook of Italian Law
Lectures:
"One year of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) - Update", Compliance Lunch Break with the BDI, 6 March 2024
"Legal requirements for international supply chains under the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)", Außenwirtschaft Austria event, 1 February 2024
"Supply Chain Due Diligence Act - Challenges in implementation", Compliance Lunch Break, 8 November 2023
"The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act - Current focal points in the scope of application and risk analysis", Compliance Lunch Break with the BDI, 13 September 2023
Liability for product defects according to the recent dispensation of justice
Rational and transparent litigation risk analysis (BB-Legal Day 2010)
