Thorsten Deeg
Business Lawyer
Counsel
VDA-certified Product Safety & Conformity Representative (PSCR)
Expertise
- Focus: automotive supplier industry
- Drafting and negotiating international contracts
- Product liability and product safety
- Homologation of vehicles and vehicle parts
- Legal support for innovative mobility solutions
Career
- Bachelor’s (LL.B.) and master’s degree study in business at Trier University of Applied Sciences
- Worked at an auditing and accounting firm during studies
- Counsel at reuschlaw
- Secondments at 1st- and 2nd-tier suppliers in the automotive industry
Current Projects (selection)
- Negotiating contracts with international automotive manufacturers in Germany and abroad
- Structuring and development of contractual procurement and distribution systems
- Handling of warranty and liability cases with suppliers
- Regular speaker at workshops, educational seminars and university courses
Publications (selection)
- Gesetzgeber füllt Lücken und schafft Erleichterungen für die Batterieindustrie (trans. "Legislators fill gaps and create relief for the battery industry"), batterie-produktion.de, 29.12.2025
- Rechtliche Strategien für volatile Märkte (trans. "Legal strategies for volatile markets"), BLECH Online, 18.11.2025
- Neues Batterierecht – mehr Bürokratie für mehr Nachhaltigkeit (trans. „New battery legislation – more bureaucracy for greater sustainability“), electrive.net, 02.11.2025
- Herausforderung Batterieverordnung: Die Top 5 To-dos für Unternehmen (trans. "The challenge of battery regulations: The top 5 to-dos for companies"), ElektronikPraxis, 04.02.2025
- Bundesgerichtshof – Urteil vom 10. April 2024 (VIII ZR 161/23) – zum Nebeneinander von Gewährleistungsausschlüssen und Beschaffenheitsvereinbarungen im Kaufrecht (trans. "Federal Court of Justice – Judgment of 10 April 2024 (VIII ZR 161/23) – on the coexistence of warranty exclusions and quality agreements in sales law") (with Carolina Altmeyer) ($), Phi Haftpflicht international – Recht & Versicherung, 05/2024, starting p. 166
- Since 2023, regular contributions to Quality Engineering, Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer GmbH: Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Urteilsanmerkung zu LG Stuttgart zum Ausschluss der Haftung des Zulieferers bei Kundenvorgaben (trans. "Commentary on the Stuttgart Regional Court ruling on the exclusion of supplier liability in the case of customer specifications") (with Karin Potel) ($), PHi Haftpflicht international - Recht & Versicherung, 03/2022, starting p. 114
- Schadensersatz nach dem Cyberangriff (trans. "Damages after a cyber attack"), Verkehr & Smart Mobility: Tagesspiegel Background, 12/2020