Dr Kai-Oliver Giesa

I specialise in legal issues relating to the purchasing, production and distribution of products or services. In particular, I advise clients on the drafting and negotiation of operational contracts (e.g. framework supply agreements, procurement agreements, project agreements, service agreements, quality assurance agreements, logistics agreements and general terms and conditions) and support them in both the enforcement and defence of claims. I also specialise in the area of product liability. Here I advise clients in connection with claims for subsequent fulfilment, claims for damages as well as product warnings and product recalls.

I also have extensive experience in setting up and restructuring distribution systems. In this context, I regularly draft authorised dealer agreements, commercial agency agreements, franchise agreements, commission agreements and brokerage agreements and advise on any compensation claims at the end of the contract.

• Attorney at Law and partner at SNP specialising in commercial and distribution law, since 2023
• Attorney at Law and partner at KPMG Law specialising in commercial and distribution law, 2023
• Attorney at Law and partner at SNP specialising in commercial and distribution law, 2021 – 2023
• Fellow of the Academy for American and International Law, Dallas (Texas, USA), since 2018
• Attorney at Law at CMS Hasche Sigle specialising in commercial and distribution law, 2010 – 2021
• Admission to the bar, 2010
• Legal internship at Freiburg Regional Court and at Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart, among others
• Doctoratean at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, 2004 – 2007
• Research assistant at at the Institute for Legal History of the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, 2005 – 2007
• Study of law at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, 1999 – 2004

• Giesa, Kai-Oliver; Blauß, Christoph: Effects of the new Supply Chain Act on the financial industry, BankPraktiker, 2021
• Giesa, Kai-Oliver: Corona pandemic and its effects – development of liability regulations in supply relationships, trade journal ‘Plus – Elektronikfertigung’, 2021, issue 6, page 681
• Giesa, Kai-Oliver; Domisch, Jörg: On the recoverability of personnel costs, in: Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht, issue 5/2020, C.H. Beck, Munich, page 298 ff.
• Giesa, Kai-Oliver: Supply contracts in times of the coronavirus, in: Der Betrieb, issue 13/2020, Handelsblatt Fachmedien, Düsseldorf, M18
• Giesa, Kai-Oliver; Gräfe, Gerald: Von Ingmar zu Unamar – Welche Beschränkungen der Rechts- und Gerichtswahlfreiheit ergeben sich aus der Entscheidung des EuGH vom 17.10.2013, C-184/12, in: Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht, Heft 1/2014, C.H. Beck, Munich, page 29 ff.
• Giesa, Kai-Oliver; Gräfe, Gerald: ‘Neuer Kunde’ im Sinne des § 89b Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 1 HGB – Produktbezogener Neukundenbegriff, in: Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht, Heft 5/2014, C.H. Beck, Munich, page 287 ff.

• Supply contracts in the crisis – strategies for risk minimisation in practice, 31st FED Conference, Fachverband Elektronik-Design e.V., 20.09.2023
• New Supply Chain Act: Surprising effects on credit & compliance, Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg, 01.12.2022
• The new Supply Chain Duty of Care Act – Presentation of the obligations for companies and outlook for the future, 30th FED Conference, Fachverband Elektronik-Design e.V., 30.09.2022 and NORTEC Forum – Trade Fair for Production (Hamburg Messe), 01.06.2022

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• German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. – DAV)
• German Association for Distribution Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e.V.)