Dr. Philipp Egler, LL.M. (Miami)

As Partner and Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Germany, I specialise in advising clients on all contractual disputes. Over the past 15 years, I have successfully represented companies in more than 150 court and arbitration proceedings. I also serve as an arbitrator. In 2025, WirtschaftsWoche named me one of Germany's top three arbitration lawyers (Legal Allstar Arbitration). Handelsblatt has consistently recognised me as one of the leading lawyers in arbitration, dispute resolution, and mediation.

A key part of my work involves avoiding lengthy litigation and arbitration altogether. Especially in complex supply chains and ongoing large-scale projects, the most effective dispute resolution often lies in strategic guidance during settlement negotiations, mediations, or even in proactive contract drafting. Clients have described me as a "gifted mediator" (JUVE Ranking 2025).

I am a long-standing member of our Mobility Sector Group, with a substantive focus on supply chain disputes across the automotive, e-bike, rail, aerospace, and defence industries. In just the past five years, I have represented over 40 international automotive companies — including more than 20 preliminary injunction proceedings (delivery stops / force majeure), over 30 price adjustment negotiations (inflation, semiconductor crisis, volume declines), and more than 20 court and arbitration matters involving recourse claims due to product recalls (recalls, product liability, warranty), as well as post-M&A disputes.

Handelsblatt and JUVE have recommended me as an attorney in the automotive sector (Handelsblatt Ranking 2026: "leading figure in automotive," JUVE Ranking 2025). I am also recognised by JUVE and Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer for product liability.

Another focus of my team is advising clients on disputes in the context of complex major projects, including software platforms, energy infrastructure (such as offshore wind farms), and financial products. In the last five years, we have managed more than ten proceedings involving disputes exceeding EUR 400 million in value.

Additionally, my team and I are regularly instructed in data privacy litigation (data breaches, GDPR). I am part of Bird & Bird's international Mass Claims Steering Group and Internal Investigations Task Force.

I have also served for many years as a lecturer for Transnational Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg.

• Automotive: Counsel in over 20 preliminary injunction proceedings related to delivery stops.
• Automotive / Aviation / Defense: Representation in price adjustment disputes (inflation-related costs, volume drops, semiconductor crisis) and multiple mediations (dispute value exceeding EUR 500 million).
• Automotive: Representation of a leading global Tier-1 supplier in an ICC arbitration regarding recourse claims against a Tier-2 supplier (warranty / recall).
• Energy: Representation of an international energy infrastructure company in several court proceedings involving purchase price adjustments and warranty claims in connection with offshore wind farms (dispute value exceeding EUR 700 million).
• Aviation & Major Projects: Representation of Air Berlin in litigation against the Berlin Airport Authority regarding claims tied to delays in completing the Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
• Corporate: Representation of travel company Schauinsland in preliminary injunction proceedings concerning corporate disentanglement and data protection matters.
• Agriculture: Counsel to an agricultural machinery supplier in a post-M&A DIS arbitration concerning accounting-related issues.
• Automotive: Representation of a global automotive supplier in a DIS arbitration over warranty claims tied to a major product recall (EUR 400+ million).
• Automotive: Representation of an international supplier in a DIS expert determination proceeding regarding long-term supply obligations (dispute value over EUR 300 million).
• Financial Products / Mass Claims: Secondment with Clerical Medical Plc / Heidelberger Leben, focusing on organizing the client's claims handling department and devising strategic defense against mass claims.
• Financial Products: Secondment with Zurich Insurance Group AG, focusing on internal investigations, litigation, and compliance.
• Major Projects / IT Projects: Advisory and litigation counsel for an international leasing bank in a dispute exceeding EUR 80 million concerning a failed IT mega-project.
• Financial Products / Mass Claims: Representation of an international fintech company with a banking license in numerous customer lawsuits.
• Mass Claims: Representation of a major service provider in numerous data protection-related legal proceedings.
• Internal Investigations: Project management and advisory for an international investment bank in Frankfurt during a special audit by supervisory authorities.
• Internal Investigations: Inquiry into executive misconduct within the German subsidiary of an international medical device company, followed by representation in civil proceedings.