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About Kristina Maria Weiler
Kristina is a versatile disputes lawyer who advises her clients on all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration.
She has a strong track-record in defending clients against mass litigation and collective actions as well as in disputes that arise on the back of internal investigations.
As a member of our Insolvency Disputes Skills Group, Kristina has a special focus on advising her clients in litigation that evolves in a corporate restructuring or insolvency. What Kristina enjoys most is advising on cross-border matters, particularly on those with a US nexus.
Kristina advises in both German and English.
Recent work
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Representing a global tier 1 automotive supplier in a litigation over supply-chain related claims against the supplier’s commercial customer.
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Conducting an investigation for a global industrial client into allegations of potential non-compliance with regulatoty requirements for various industrial products.
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Advising a global manufacturer of home appliances in multijurisdictional disputes arising out of the insolvency of a commercial customer, including developing and implementing the defence against claw-back and tort claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator.
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Advising a global OEM on its worldwide defence against compliance-related customer claims brought against the OEM and its dealers, including developing and implementing a global defence strategy and representing the OEM in a cross-border collective action in German courts.
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Defending a leading German financial institution against a claw-back action filed by an insolvency administrator.
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Acting for one of the world’s leading shipping companies in an insolvency-related arbitration.
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Defending a German insurance company against a claim in connection with the redemption of a credit loan.
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Representing a group of bondholders in an insolvency-related litigation against the debtor's shareholders. This complex dispute has arisen in connection with one of the most prominent insolvencies Germany has seen in recent years.
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Representing a major Austrian construction company and its joint venture partner in an ICSID arbitration against the Federal Republic of Germany under the Energy Charter Treaty. The claims arise in connection with changes to Germany's regulatory framework for the offshore wind energy sector.
Qualifications
Kristina studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She completed her legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the Hamburg Appellate Court (Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht), during which she worked in Freshfields' Hamburg and London offices. Kristina was admitted to the Hamburg bar as Rechtsanwältin in 2016. Since joining Freshfields, Kristina has been seconded to our offices in New York City, Vienna and Frankfurt.
In 2020, she was seconded to Dr. Reiner Hall, attorney at the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe. During her secondment, she gained first-hand insights into the law of third-instance appeals.