Ina Brock is a partner in the Munich office of the European-based international law firm, Lovells LLP. She is in charge of Lovells' Product Liability practice in Germany.
"Said to be "one of the best product liability lawyers in the world"" (The International Who'sWho of Life Sciences Lawyers 2008) and “Consistently cited as one of Germany’s top product liability specialists, active in representing some of the world’s major pharmaceutical and medical device players on EU aspects of big-ticket product liability cases." (PLC Cross-border Handbook: Life Sciences – The law and leading lawyers worldwide 2007/08), she focuses on product liability, mass torts and pharmaceutical liability, including international conflict of laws and cross-border forum issues.
Ina's experience spans over 12 years. Since the beginning of her career she has been advising and representing German and international clients in connection with all types of product safety issues, pro-active defence strategies, settlement negotiations, liability litigation, crisis communication and insurance issues. Ina also has extensive experience in co-ordinating multi-jurisdiction and multiparty product liability litigation across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Ina is an author of numerous publications on product liability law issues and assisted on the conduct of a major study on the practical operation of product liability laws throughout the EU and the feasibility of greater harmonisation of those laws in the instruction of the European Commission. Furthermore, she is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences.
Ina has been appointed chair of the German Steering Committee of DRI Europe in April 2007 and is also a member of the International Association of Defence Counsel ("IADC"). In her role at DRI Europe, she became the Program Chair of DRI Europe's 2009 international seminar "Culture Clash! Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Discovery - How to Protect Your Business in Transnational Disputes" which will take place in Munich on 13 and 14 May 2009.
