Dr. Vol­ker Hartmann

Exper­ti­se

• Advi­sing on indus­tri­al tech­no­lo­gy pro­jects in the fields of arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence, robo­tics, auto­no­mous and con­nec­ted dri­ving; focus on the auto­mo­ti­ve sec­tor and mecha­ni­cal engineering
• At the inter­face of tech­no­lo­gy and law: set­ting up and advi­sing on pro­duct com­pli­ance sys­tems and qua­li­ty manage­ment sys­tems as well as deve­lo­p­ment pro­ces­ses in a safety-critical environment
• Advi­sing on and mana­ging M&A pro­jects and R&D coope­ra­ti­ons in the above-mentioned tech­no­lo­gy fields
• Stra­te­gic legal lob­by­ing and advice on legis­la­ti­ve pro­ce­du­res on tech­no­lo­gy issues
• Legal advice to foun­ding teams, inves­tors and start-ups in regu­la­ted industries

Care­er

• Stu­di­ed law and Euro­pean law at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wuerzburg
• Doc­to­ra­te on a topic rela­ted to pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty law at the Catho­lic Uni­ver­si­ty of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
• (Guest-) lec­tu­rer at the Uni­ver­si­ty of St. Gallen
• Curr­ent­ly: Gene­ral Coun­sel at Fern­ri­de GmbH in Munich (pre­vious­ly in manage­ment posi­ti­ons at Audi, Mercedes-Benz and VW Group)

Cur­rent pro­jects (extra­ct)

• 360° legal advice on a stra­tegy for the deve­lo­p­ment of a software-defined vehic­le plat­form (SDV)
• “Huma­no­id Robots” – Pro­duct law issues
• Advi­sing on the deve­lo­p­ment and com­mer­cia­li­sa­ti­on of auto­no­mous machi­nes in pro­duc­tion and logistics