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expertise: automotive

Our automotive team was established in 1995 and provides a full commercial advice service to our clients in the automotive sector. The work we do includes drafting distribution agreements for vehicles and parts, advising on mergers within the sector, advising upon manufacturing and supply arrangements between manufacturers and first tier suppliers and thereafter down the chain of supply, outsourcing arrangements including provision of goods and services to the OEM assembly line, financing, property transfer, investment, commercial disputes and consumer related issues such as on-line trading, data protection and consumer credit licensing.

Some of our recent work includes:

  • preparation of over two dozen agreements for distribution of automotives, parts and services following the new EC Commission motor vehicle block exemption 1400/2002
  • advising a first tier supplier on the provision of goods and services by way of outsourcing to the assembly line of various volume car manufacturers
  • advising upon the pension schemes of a major first tier supplier with a global presence
  • advising buying "organisations" on the structure of their agreements with those with whom they deal on both purchase and sale arrangements
  • advising on terms and conditions of sale, and revisions to the Articles of Association of a major multinational first tier supplier
  • advising on the acquisition and disposal of businesses in the automotive sector and on issues relating to business restructuring
  • acting for Alliance Automotive UK Limited on its corporate acquisitions, providing company
    secretarial services for the group and advising its subsidiary, the FSG, on its distribution group network arrangements
  • advising on financing for dealerships and other businesses in the sector including various types of stocking arrangements
  • acting for and advising vehicle and component manufacturers in a wide range of commercial disputes particularly in relation to product liability, product recalls, claims for consequential loss, defective production line equipment and fraud
  • providing general advice to the automotive sector on employment issues
  • acting for vehicle manufacturers to enforce their trade mark rights

Publications:

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key expertise:

Geraldine Tickle
Partner
geraldine.tickle@martjohn.com

Nick Mallett
Partner
nick.mallett@martjohn.com

Richard Underwood
Partner
richard.underwood@martjohn.com

Ben Thornber
Partner
ben.thornber@martjohn.com


 
automotive industry, cars, lorries, vans etc

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