Sebas­ti­an Giera

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