Sebastian Giera
Attorney at law
Of Counsel
Authorisation Management & Product Safety
Technical Senior Expert for Judicial Procedures

Expertise
- Product safety law and product liability law, product approval and homologation
- Technical compliance and conformity assessment procedures (NoBo, DeBo, AsBo )
- Technical risk assessment procedures, Incident & Accident Management
- National and European railway law and automotive law
- General administration law and European law
Career
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Fundamentals of Railway Technology, Technical University of Dresden
- Legal Director for the leading company in the automotive supplier industry
- Senior Legal Counsel & Senior Expert for approval and product safety at a leading global aircraft and railway vehicle manufacturer
- Former member of the Approval and Law Working Group of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB)
- Former Chairman of the UNIFE Vehicle Authorisation Group, Brussels
- Member of the Field Quality Board at Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
Current Projects (selection)
- Handling approval and verification procedures for the approval of railway vehicles under the 4th Railway Package
- Conducting seminars and training sessions on the new European approval procedure for railway vehicles in conjunction with the German Railway Industry Association and TU Berlin
- Advising clients all over the world with regard to product defects and safety-related incidents
- Revision of the Product Safety Directive and definition of the EU Commission’s digital strategy (focus on software as a product and AI)
- Expert opinions and legislative procedures concerning autonomous and automated vehicle
Publikationen (Auszug)
- Article in 'bahn manager', Heft 03/2020, starting on p. 42: "Wenn der Schwanz mit dem Hund wackelt: Auf Schienen durch Deutschland & Europa.", Hanse-Medien Verlag &Mobility Service GmbH: Lüneburg
- Article in 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung', 01/2020, p. 16.: "Die Bahn muss digitaler werden." , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Frankfurt am Main
- Publication in "Rail Business", 14.05.2018, Issue 20/18, p. 3: "Sorgen über längere Verfahren und letztlich höhere Kosten.", DVV Media Group GmbH